S. Korea's mortgage-backed securities issuance falls in H1

SEOUL, July 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's issuance of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) fell in double digits for the first six months of this year due to a decrease in the government-backed mortgage loans, financial watchdog data showed Monday.

The sale of MBS, issued by the state-run Korea Housing Finance Corp. to securitize mortgage loans, amounted to 11.4 trillion won (8.3 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-