No relief for borrowers yet: NAB raises rates on fixed interest-only loans
While all eyes are on the 2017 Budget announcement, NAB has once again raised interest rates on its interest-only fixed rate home loans.
While the big bank actually cut rates on some principal and interest loans for owner occupiers - fixed terms of two and three years were reduced by between 0.05% and 0.31% - the vast majority of changes were rate hikes.
As has been the trend lately, interest only loans bore the brunt of the rate hikes, on both the NAB Tailored Home Loan and NAB Portfolio Facility and Private Portfolio Facility loans.
On the former, 1 year fixed terms saw the biggest increases, of between 0.10% and 0.50%, while 2 year terms weren’t far behind, with hikes ranging from 0.20% to 0.41%. For terms of 3, 4 and 5 years, increases ranged from 0.10% to 0.30%.
Portfolio Facility loans increased by 0.16% for fixed terms 1-5 years, except the 2 year term, which increased by 0.27%.
NAB interest only fixed rate increases
Lenders have been hiking rates on interest only loans lately in response to tightened lending standards set out by APRA. But lending figures are remaining strong, thanks to a high-demand housing market, so in reality, the banks are set to make a tidy profit from rate increases.
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NAB’s latest rate rises come less than a week after it announced a cash profit of $3.29 billion - a 2.3% boost from its last half year results.
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