The two home loans in question are for NAB's 'Base Variable Rate' offering, paying both principal and interest (P&I) and interest-only (IO).

  • Investment Base Variable Rate P&I 80%: 5 basis point cut to 3.09% p.a. (3.09% p.a. comparison rate*)
  • Investment Base Variable Rate IO 80%: 11 basis point cut to 3.29% p.a. (3.71% p.a. comparison rate*)

Borrowers must have an LVR of no more than 80%, meaning they must have a minimum deposit of 20%.

These special offer rates represent up to a 182 basis point discount off the standard rate, and are available to new borrowers only, including refinancing.

Note that as it's a 'special offer', the offer can be withdrawn at any time by NAB.

BankVic, Athena also cut

On Monday, BankVic cut fixed investor home loans by between 29 and 39 basis points, with terms from one to five years. Some key cuts were:

  • Investor Fixed 4 Years: 39 basis point cut to 2.95% p.a. (4.11% p.a. comparison rate*)
  • Investor Fixed 2 Years: 29 basis point cut to 2.85% p.a. (4.35% p.a. comparison rate*)

Meanwhile, at the same time as introducing a tiered interest rate system, Athena also cut interest rates on a few products. 

  • Celebrate Investor P&I 60%: 20 basis point cut to 2.79% p.a. (2.79% p.a. comparison rate*)
  • Celebrate Owner Occupier P&I 60%: 20 basis point cut to 2.39% p.a. (2.39% p.a. comparison rate*)

This rate is for borrowers with a 40% deposit or greater now i.e. refinancers, and is also part of the 'Athena Accelerates' tiered system effective 30 September.

A couple of interest-only products were also cut by 5 basis points.



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