Wednesday 19 September 2001
ANZ Announce A Decrease In Home Loan Interest Rates
ANZ's Managing Director, Dr Murray Horn, today announced a decrease in variable home lending rates.
The standard variable home loan interest rate will decrease from 7.70% per annum to 7.20% per annum for new applications
received from Wednesday, 19 September 2001 and for existing customers from Monday, 8 October 2001.
In addition to this change, ANZ's Easy Start introductory 12-month variable rate will decrease from 6.70% per annum to
6.20% per annum and the ANZ Moneysaver variable rate will also decrease from 7.30% per annum to 6.80% per annum. These
changes are also effective for new applications received from Wednesday, 19 September 2001 and for existing customers
from Monday, 8 October 2001.
The ANZ FlexiPlus home loan interest rate will decrease from 7.70% per annum to 7.20% per annum for both new and
existing customers from Monday, 8 October 2001.
"These reductions follow a sharp fall in wholesale interest rates in response to the Reserve Bank's decision this
morning to lower the Official Cash Rate from 5.75% to 5.25%," says Dr Horn.
ENDS