A leading non-major lender has today announced a range of rate increases across its mortgage products for both owner-occupiers and investors.
ME has confirmed that effective yesterday the bank has increased rates for new ‘owner-occupier’ Flexible Member Package home loans and some ‘owner-occupier’/‘investor’ fixed rate home loans, by between 0.05 per cent and 0.15 per cent.
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ME head of home loans, Patrick Nolan, said the increases were based on increasing swap rates – up 40 basis points since 31 August – and the increasing cost of deposit funding, noting ME is moving to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on 1 January 2017.
“Despite the increases, ME’s variable and fixed rates are some of the lowest in the market across both owner occupier and investor loans,” he said.
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ME rate changes effective 23 November 2016
Product
Current rate
Discount change
New rate
Owner Occupier Home Loans
Flexible Member Package LVR 80% or Less, Loan Amount $400-$700K
3.79%
0.05%
3.84%
Flexible Member Package LVR 80% or Less, Loan Amount $700K or more
James Mitchell has over eight years’ experience as a financial reporter and is the editor of Wealth and Wellness at Momentum Media.
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