(10 November 2010 – Australia) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has increased fixed term interest rates, however remains tipped lipped about plans to increase its variable mortgage interest rate.Financial comparison website RateCity has said that ANZ has lifted its one, two, four and five-year fixed home loans by up to nine basis points.
The interest rate on its fixed term one and two year home loans increased by four basis points to 7.03 percent and 7.46 percent respectively, however has lowered uts three year fixed term rate by two basis points to 7.54 percent, RateCity told AAP.
The rate on the bank’s four and five year loans were raised nine basis points to 7.78 and eight points to 7.88 percent respectively.
None of ANZ’s peers have moved their fixed term rate.
RateCity said that following the Commonwealth Bank’s decision to raise rates on its variable home loan rate, ten other lenders had followed; eight out of the ten are building societies or credit unions.
There has been no word from the Commonwealth Bank’s big four rivals about whether they will move their standard variable rate and by how much.