Spanish mortgages dropped 14.6% in March as lockdown bit

MADRID (Reuters) - The number of mortgages taken out by Spaniards fell in March by 14.6% year-on-year, the government's statistics body said on Wednesday, reflecting the hit from the coronavirus outbreak.March's 26,382 mortgages also represented a 26.8% decrease from February, the National Statistics Institute said.One of the worst-hit nations in the world by the COVID-19 disease, Spain began a strict lockdown on March 14. Mortgages in April, the first full month under lockdown, are likely to..