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Virgin Money cuts fixed rates by up to 70bps

Virgin Money has decreased fixed rates on a number of mortgages by up to 70 basis points.

Virgin Money has announced new fixed rates across a range of its owner-occupied and investment home loan products.

Effective 16 August, the new reduced fixed rates on owner-occupied, principal and interest (P&I) loans of $300,000 or more, with a loan-to-value ratio of up to 90 per cent are:

  • 3.99 per cent p.a. for one year, down 25 basis points (3.58 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.54 per cent p.a. for two years, down 45 basis points (3.55 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.99 per cent p.a. for four years, down 35 basis points (3.72 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.79 per cent p.a. for five years, down 70 basis points (3.69 per cent p.a. comparison)

Rate reductions have also been applied to fixed rates on owner-occupied, P&I loans with an LVR over 90 per cent. The new rates are:

  • 4.19 per cent p.a. for one year, down 25 basis points (4.73 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.94 per cent p.a. for two years, down 45 basis points (4.64 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 4.19 per cent p.a. for four years, down 35 basis points (4.62 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.99 per cent p.a. for five years, down 70 basis points (4.51 per cent p.a. comparison)

The revised fixed rates on investment, P&I loans of $300,000 or more, with an LVR of up to 90 per cent are:

  • 3.99 per cent p.a. for one year, down 35 basis points (3.86 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.70 per cent p.a. for two years, down 35 basis points (3.83 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.84 per cent p.a. for three years, down 30 basis points (3.87 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.59 per cent p.a. for five years, down 60 basis points (3.79 per cent p.a. comparison)

For interest-only investment loans with an LVR of up to 90 per cent, the new fixed rates are:

  • 3.99 per cent p.a. for one year, down 40 basis points (3.81 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.94 per cent p.a. for two years, down 15 basis points (3.83 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 4.09 per cent p.a. for three years, down 10 basis points (3.90 per cent p.a. comparison)
  • 3.79 per cent p.a. for five years, down 50 basis points (3.84 per cent p.a. comparison)

Virgin Money is among a long line of lenders to drop their rates after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the official cash rate to the historic low of 1 per cent. 

[Related: ME Bank lowers fixed rates by 40 bps]

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