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Monday, January 17, 2011

Stock News 2011: Banks now offering 25-year housing loans

The Department of Finance (DoF) said Monday that some local banks are now willing to provide housing loans of up to 25 years after the government successfully sold longer-dated debts.

Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima said, in an interview, that some local banks came to him and have showed interest in introducing housing loans that are payable in 25 years.

“Banks now are telling me that they’re looking at offering consumers 25-year housing loans. Before, loans outside Pag-IBIG [Home Development Mutual Fund] can only be 15 years,” Purisima said.

In December last year, the Aquino government issued debt notes maturing in 2035, in the process creating a new benchmark rate for 25-year bonds.

http://www.mb.com.ph/node/299057/bank


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