The Ministry of Finance, after completing the processing of submitted requests from housing savings banks for the payment of state incentive funds for 2007, paid out the amount of 220,370,098 kuna in state incentive funds at the beginning of this week, it was announced today by the ministry.
The mentioned funds will be distributed by housing savings banks within eight days to a total of 434,590 housing savings accounts. According to the submitted and processed data from housing savings banks, as of December 31 of last year, there were a total of 693,484 housing savers in all housing savings banks with a total of 741,341 housing savings contracts concluded. In accordance with the Law on Housing Savings and State Incentives for Housing Savings, state incentive funds are paid to the housing saver in an amount of up to a maximum of 750 kuna, and only in one housing savings bank, regardless of whether the saver saves in multiple banks. The Ministry of Finance also states that in 2007, according to the submitted and processed data as of December 31 of last year, contracts for housing loans were concluded in the total amount of 804,280,801 kuna. (H)
