ASB Bank Reduces Fixed Home Loan Interest Rates
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 5:29 pm
Press Release: ASB Bank
ASB Bank Reduces Fixed Home Loan Interest Rates
Statement
made by Barbara Chapman, Head of Retail Banking & Marketing,
ASB Bank Limited
Further to the announcement at lunchtime
today to reduce ASB Bank’s home lending variable interest
rate from 7.85% pa to 7.60% pa, the Bank is also reducing
fixed home lending interest rates as follows:
New
Rate Old Rate (% pa) (% pa)
6 months fixed 6.50% 6.85%
12 months fixed 6.50% 6.75% 2 years fixed 6.75% 6.90% 3
years fixed 6.95% 7.05% 4 years fixed 7.10% 7.25% 5 years
fixed 7.20% 7.35%
“We have watched the wholesale
market’s response to today’s Reserve Bank OCR announcement
very closely and believe there is sufficient stability
across the yield curve to enable us to reduce our fixed
rates as well as our variable rate” Ms Chapman said.
The
Bank has also reduced Term Deposit interest rates as a
consequence of the lower wholesale market
rates.
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