Mortgages

Next round of cuts underway

Weekly Home Loan report: The next round of home loan rate cuts have started to kick in with some significant falls across the market.

Monday, April 03rd 2006

On Saturday BNZ and Bank Direct cut their rates, they were followed by Westpac on Monday and the bank trimmed a little more off some rates again today. Its two largest decreases being the 30-month and four year rates which are down 41 points and 35 points respectively.

Amongst the banks ASB and TSB have also lowered rates.

While it was the turn of banks to move first non-bank lenders stepped up to the plate today with a dozen of them trimming their fixed rates from one year through to the five-year term.

Since December rates have fallen around 55 basis points. Now sub-8% rates are de rigueur for terms of more than two years.

In the one-year market fixed rates are creeping closer to the 8% - currently six lenders are clustered around this point, with most of them above 8.10%.

While long-term rates have been falling they may not stay down for long. ASB Bank for one is suggesting the long-term rates will eventually rise due to higher global rates.

That is a cue for people who prefer these longer-term rates to pick up what’s on offer at the moment.

In the five-year term rates range from Bank Direct at 7.40% through to 7.99% and 8.20% for Resi and GEM Home Loans. The banks are at the low end of the range with offers around the 7.50% mark.

Borrowers who don’t want to lock in a long-term rate should consider going for a short-term rate.

As could be expected floating rates remain unchanged and will do so until we see the Reserve Bank decrease its official cash rate.

For the record the mainstream banks are at the top of the range offering rates of 9.50-9.55%, but many other lenders are offering variable rates in the low-9% area.

For a full list of rates and to compare what’s on offer click here

Heartland Bank - Online 6.69
SBS FirstHome Combo 6.74
Wairarapa Building Society 6.95
Unity 6.99
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special 7.04
ICBC 7.05
China Construction Bank 7.09
BNZ - Classic 7.24
ASB Bank 7.24
ANZ Special 7.24
TSB Special 7.24
Unity First Home Buyer special 6.45
Heartland Bank - Online 6.45
China Construction Bank 6.75
TSB Special 6.75
ICBC 6.75
ANZ Special 6.79
ASB Bank 6.79
AIA - Go Home Loans 6.79
Kiwibank Special 6.79
BNZ - Classic 6.79
Unity 6.79
Westpac Special 6.39
China Construction Bank 6.40
ICBC 6.49
SBS Bank Special 6.55
Kiwibank Special 6.55
BNZ - Classic 6.55
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 6.55
ASB Bank 6.55
AIA - Go Home Loans 6.55
TSB Special 6.59
Kainga Ora 6.99
SBS FirstHome Combo 6.19
AIA - Back My Build 6.19
ANZ Blueprint to Build 7.39
Credit Union Auckland 7.70
ICBC 7.85
Heartland Bank - Online 7.99
Pepper Money Essential 8.29
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 8.40
Co-operative Bank - Standard 8.40
First Credit Union Standard 8.50
Kiwibank 8.50

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