Bank, Loan & Property
Latest Housing Loan Interest Rates in Malaysia
Banks
Effective Interest Rate
(% per year)
New Base Rate
Flexi Loan?
Lock in period
4.39%
(BR + 4.39%)
0.00%
No
5 years
4.45%
(BR + 0.46%)
3.99%
Yes
5 years
4.45%
(BR + 0.55%)
3.90%
No
5 years
4.45%
(BR + 0.46%)
3.99%
Yes
5 years
4.55%
(BR + 0.53%)
4.02%
Yes
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All Commercial & Islamic Banks in Malaysia
Currently, Malaysia has a total number of 27 Commercial Banks and 16 Islamic Banks. The following lists of banks are extracted from the Bank...
Base Lending Rate (BLR) increased to 6.6% from 6.3% on the rise of Overnight...
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FAQ: 20% discount on PTPTN loan settlement
In Budget 2013, in order to encourage the students to early repay the PTPTN loan, Prime Minister announced a discount of 20% will be...
Budget 2013: Higher Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) Rates
The limited supply of real property especially in urban areas has provided opportunities for speculative activities.
Therefore, the Government proposes the real property gains tax...
FAQ: 10% discount for PTPTN loan payment on time
In Budget 2013, in order to encourage the students to repay the Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) education loans in accordance with their...
Inflating property price for getting higher loan: illegal and banned!
Since the Bank Negara Malaysia imposes the ruling on the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 70% cap with effect from 3 November 2010, it...
Bank Negara Malaysia: New Guidelines for Loan Borrowers
1) Propsective loan borrower will be assessed based on net income basis (instead of gross income) after deducting statutory deductions for tax and EPF...
Statutory reserve level raised, OPR stays
Bank Negara Malaysia announced that the Statutory Reserve Requirement (SRR) Ratio will be increased from 3.0% to 4.0%, effective from 16 July 2011.
The...
Tax Budget 2012: My First Home Scheme (MFH)
Budget 2012 has proposed to increase the maximum price ceiling for houses under My First Home (MFH) scheme to increase from RM220,000 to RM400,000.
This...
