ING cuts variable home loan rates after raising fixed rates last week

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Today ING cut a few variable home loan interest rates by up to 19 basis points, after raising some fixed loans by up to 40 basis points last week.

Last week's biggest hikes were to the one and five-year fixed investment home loans paying interest-only (IO), while a number of other fixed loans also saw slight increases in their interest rates.

Some ING term deposit interest rates were also slashed last week.

Today, ING balanced the seesaw by cutting variable home loans for owner-occupiers by up to 19 basis points, namely to the Orange Advantage and Mortgage Simplifier product lines paying principal and interest (P&I).

Some key cuts were:

• Orange Advantage 150-499k 80%: Down to 2.64% p.a. (2.98% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Orange Advantage 150k+ 95%: Down to 2.94% p.a. (3.28% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Mortgage Simplifier 150k-499k 80%: Down to 2.59% p.a. (2.62% p.a. comparison rate*)
• Mortgage Simplifier 150k+ 95%: Down to 2.89% p.a. (2.92% p.a. comparison rate*)

The lowest advertised rate to see a cut was to the Mortgage Simplifier product line lending $1 million or more with a max loan-to-value ratio of 80%, which is now down to 2.55% p.a. (2.58% p.a. comparison rate*).

The main difference between the two ING product lines is that with the Mortgage Simplifier borrowers pay no ongoing fees, while Orange Advantage loans come with a 100% offset facility.

Buying a home or looking to refinance? The table below features home loans with some of the lowest variable interest rates on the market for owner occupiers.

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Disclaimers

The entire market was not considered in selecting the above products. Rather, a cut-down portion of the market has been considered which includes retail products from at least the big four banks, the top 10 customer-owned institutions and Australia’s larger non-banks:

• The big four banks are: ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac
• The top 10 customer-owned Institutions are the ten largest mutual banks, credit unions and building societies in Australia, ranked by assets under management in November 2019. They are (in descending order): Credit Union Australia, Newcastle Permanent, Heritage Bank, Peoples’ Choice Credit Union, Teachers Mutual Bank, Greater Bank, IMB Bank, Beyond Bank, Bank Australia and P&N Bank.
• The larger non-bank lenders are those who (in 2020) has more than $9 billion in Australian funded loans and advances. These groups are: Resimac, Pepper, Liberty and Firstmac.

Some providers' products may not be available in all states. To be considered, the product and rate must be clearly published on the product provider's web site.

In the interests of full disclosure, Savings.com.au, Performance Drive and Loans.com.au are part of the Firstmac Group. To read about how Savings.com.au manages potential conflicts of interest, along with how we get paid, please click through onto the web site links.

*The Comparison rate is based on a $150,000 loan over 25 years. Warning: this comparison rate is true only for this example and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate.

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