Home mortgage holders can expect relief on their loans once these go for their annual renewal, according to the Central Bank. Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu said yesterday, Tuesday 28 May that borrowers who have old loans will benefit from the 9% fixed interest rate that the bank established by freeing up some RD$20 billion of the legal reserve funds for different types of loans. The Central Bank governor said that borrowers with loans on a house or some other commitment with a commercial bank could benefit from more attractive and favorable interest rates. Interviewed on the steps of the Presidential Palace, Valdez Albizu said that as a result of the new measures sales are picking up at an extraordinary rate and proof of this is that each week the Central Bank is issuing some RD$4 billion to supply the demand for credit in sectors such as housing, farming, manufacturing and Mipymes. “Things are going well,” he said.