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Brazil mortgage lending down 13.7% in September 2026

SBPE savings-funded housing loans in Brazil fell to R$ 13.62 billion in September 2026, -13.7% on the year, while the savings pool that funds them shrank.

The facts

  • ABECIP reports R$ 13.62 billion of SBPE savings-funded housing loans in September 2026, 19.7% below August and -13.7% against September 2025.
  • The month financed 34,900 properties, 25.3% fewer than in August and 24.4% fewer than a year earlier.
  • The nine months to September still total R$ 146.1 billion, up 30.3%, across 419,600 properties, up 27.4%.
  • Over twelve months lending reaches R$ 190.3 billion, up 20%, and almost 548,000 properties, up 20.6%.
  • Savings accounts lost a net R 6.19 billion in September and R 53.2 billion so far this year, leaving a balance of R$ 755.8 billion, 0.18% lower on the month and 0.10% higher on the year.
  • ABECIP still ranks the month as the sixth-best September of the past 25 years.

What it means for your money

  • Monthly lending is falling while the year to date is 30.3% up. Financing is tightening ahead of prices.
  • The savings deposits that fund SBPE loans fell by R$ 6.19 billion in September, and that pool sets the rate on this channel. The Glopra data put the Brazilian average at 1,937.1 USD per m² against 10.6 USD per m² a month in rent, a gross yield of 6.57% that any mortgage cost has to fit under.
  • For an owner already in place the picture differs: prices are 5.46% higher than a year ago in local currency and 16.5% in US dollars, and 34,900 financed purchases a month is still a functioning market.

What to watch

  • ABECIP's October bulletin, and whether the savings outflow stays near half of last September's level.
  • FGTS-funded lending sits outside these figures, so SBPE alone understates total housing credit.
  • The twelve-month total is still 20% up, so one weak month has not yet turned the annual trend.

Sources: ABECIP https://www.abecip.org.br/download?file=data-abecip-2026-09.pdf; ABECIP https://www.abecip.org.br/imprensa/informativos-mensais

Market data: Brasília · Florianópolis · Rio de Janeiro · Brazil