Bank Negara Malaysia announced at 21 Jan’09, Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) would decrease again 75 points. That means OPR decrease 2.5 per cent. In Nov 2008, OPR was decrease 25 points; it’s 3.25 per cent. From adjustment in OPR, estimate Base Lending Rate (BLR) will decrease to 5.90 per cent instead 6.50 per cent at this moment. Check on Malaysia Base Lending Rate History for the past 20 years.

Malaysia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for a second straight meeting as easing inflation allowed it to focus on sustaining economic growth amid the deepening global recession.

Bank Negara Malaysia lowered its overnight policy rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.5 per cent. The size of the reduction was larger than all predictions in a Bloomberg News survey of 19 economists, where seven expected a quarter-point cut and the rest forecast the rate to be lowered by 50 basis points.

Malaysia’s 2009 growth will probably miss the government’s 3.5 per cent forecast, adding pressure on policy makers to boost spending and cut borrowing costs, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research predicts. Malaysia Finance Minister is planning a second stimulus package to add to a RM7 billion (US$2 billion) plan unveiled in November.
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What is bank mortgage loan? There are 2 basic types for bank mortgage loan, FRM and ARM. Bank mortgage loans is a legal arrangement by which you borrow money from a bank in order to buy a property, reit, land, and pay back the money over a period of years. Some of term and condition apply depending of the borrower.
In other word, bank mortgage loans is a loan secured by real property through the use of a note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan. A home buyer can obtain bank mortgage loan either to purchase or secure against the property from a financial institution.
Two basic types of amortized bank mortgage loans are the fixed rate mortgage (FRM) and adjustable rate mortgage (ARM). ARM or knowing as floating rate mortgages are the norm and will simply be referred to as mortgages in many countries. Combination of fixed and floating rate mean that bank mortgage loan will have a fixed rate for some period, and vary after the end of that period. Floating rate is referring to Base Lending Rate (BLR) from central bank of the country. Read more »