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Lower interest rate on new mortgages
The interest rate on new loans secured on dwellings to households fell by 0.29 percentage points in January. The interest rate on loans outstanding secured on dwellings fell by 0.05 percentage points.
January 2015 | December 2014 | Monthly change | |
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1Banks and mortgage companies in monthly sample | |||
Interest rates, new loans | |||
Total loans secured on dwellings to households | 3.19 | 3.48 | -0.29 |
Total repayment loans to households | 3.28 | 3.58 | -0.30 |
Total repayment loans to non-financial corporations | 3.33 | 3.30 | 0.03 |
Interest rates, loans outstanding | |||
Total loans secured on dwellings to households | 3.59 | 3.64 | -0.05 |
Total repayment loans to households | 3.73 | 3.79 | -0.06 |
Total repayment loans to non-financial corporations | 3.69 | 3.80 | -0.11 |
Interest rate, deposits | |||
Total deposits from households | 1.91 | 1.93 | -0.02 |
Loan margins | |||
Loan margins, new total loans secured on dwellings to households | 1.84 | 1.97 | -0.13 |
Loan margins, total outstanding loans secured on dwellings to households | 2.24 | 2.13 | 0.11 |
The interest rate on new loans secured on dwellings from a sample of banks and mortgage companies to households was 3.19 per cent at end-January. The interest rate on new repayment loans secured on dwellings fell by 0.30 percentage points to 3.19 per cent in January, while the interest rate on new credit lines secured on dwellings fell by 0.23 percentage points to 3.17 per cent in the same period.
The fixed interest rate on new loans secured on dwellings fell by 0.49 percentage points to 2.81 per cent. The floating interest rate on new mortgage loans fell by 0.26 percentage points to 3.22 per cent.
The households’ interest rate on outstanding housing loans was 3.59 per cent at end-January, a decline of 0.05 percentage points compared to the month before.
The interest rate on deposits from households was virtually unchanged in January at 1.91 per cent. The interest rate on deposits from non-financial corporations fell by 0.11 percentage points to 1.41 per cent in January after a decline of 0.13 percentage points in December 2014.
Fall in loan margins for new loans
The loan margin for new housing loans to households fell by 0.13 percentage points in January, reaching 1.84 percentage points at end-January. For outstanding loans secured on dwellings, the loan margin to households increased by 0.11 percentage points in the same period. The money market rate NIBOR fell by 0.16 percentage points in January.
Lower interest rates on repayment loans
The interest rate on new repayment loans to non-financial corporations increased by 0.03 percentage points to 3.30 per cent at end-January. For loans outstanding, the corresponding interest rate fell by 0.11 percentage points to 3.63 per cent at end-January.
Contact
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Gudrun Haraldsdottir
E-mail: gudrun.haraldsdottir@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 40 72 16
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Ola Tveita
E-mail: ola.tveita@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 99 73 45 83