Westpac NZ lowers floating rate

Friday, 5 December 2008, 5:05 pm
Press Release: Westpac

Westpac NZ has just announced it will lower its floating mortgage interest rate to 8.15%pa effective for new customers 23 December.

This brings the collective drop in its floating rate to 1.30bps since announcing a 75bps drop on 20 November. Other fixed rate changes were notified yesterday.

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