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NAB hikes its 4-year fixed rate above 2%: find out which 3 lenders are still left
Australia’s fourth largest lender, NAB, has today hiked its four- and five- year fixed rates by up to 0.25 per cent, following similar moves from Westpac and CBA.
NAB was the last of the big banks to have a 4- year fixed rate under 2 per cent. Today’s hike means its lowest four-year rate has risen from 1.98 per cent to 2.19 per cent.
NAB home loan changes for owner-occupiers paying principal and interest:
| Lowest rates | Old rate | New rate | Change |
| 4-year fixed | 1.98% | 2.19% | 0.21% |
| 5-year fixed | 2.24% | 2.49% | 0.25% |
Note: the above rates are for owner occupiers paying principal and interest on a package home loan.
RateCity.com.au database analysis:
- Just 3 lenders are now offering 4-year fixed rates under 2 per cent, down from 25 at the start of the year.
- 30 lenders have hiked at least one 4-year fixed rate in the last two months.
- 1.95% is the lowest 4-year fixed rate from BankVic.
- Other lenders to hike 4-year rates in the last week include Macquarie Bank, QBank and TicToc.
RateCity.com.au research director, Sally Tindall, said: “This hike from NAB means there are now no big banks offering four-year rates under 2 per cent.”
“At the start of the year, 25 lenders were offering at least one four-year fixed rate under 2 per cent. Now there’s just three, and they’re probably not going to keep these rates long,” she said.
“Banks are shutting the door on record low four- and five- year rates. Three-year rates are likely to be next, potentially in the second half of this year.
“Four-year fixed rates are going to less popular going forward now many of these ultra-low rates are off the table,” she said.
Lenders offering at least one 4-year fixed rate under 2%:
BankVic: 1.95%
Illawarra Credit Union: 1.99%
ING: 1.99%
Lowest rates on RateCity.com.au database
| Lender | Rate | |
| 1 yr fixed | BCU | 1.67% |
| 2 yr fixed | Homestar Finance | 1.74% |
| 3 yr fixed | Credit Union SA | 1.79% |
| 4 yr fixed | BankVic | 1.95% |
| 5 yr fixed | Bank Australia | 2.10% |
| Variable | Reduce Home Loans | 1.77% |
RateCity.com.au. Rates are for owner occupiers paying principal and interest. Some LVR requirements apply.
Lowest big four bank owner-occupier home loan rates
| CBA | Westpac | ANZ | NAB | |
| 1 year fixed | 2.09% | 1.99% | 2.04% | 2.09% |
| 2 year fixed | 1.94% | 1.79% | 2.04% | 1.89% |
| 3 year fixed | 2.14% | 1.88% | 2.04% | 1.98% |
| 4 year fixed | 2.19% | 2.19% | 2.24% | 2.19% |
| 5 year fixed | 2.99% | 2.49% | 2.24% | 2.49% |
| Variable | 2.69% | 2.19% for 2 yrs then 2.69% | 2.72% | 2.69% |
Source: RateCity.com.au. Note: Westpac's rates are for a loan to value ratio of up to 70%. NAB variable with offset for loan sizes of $750K+.
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