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NAB jumps the gun, cutting -25 bps from the most popular fixed rate home loan on offer, as markets price in a full RBA rate cut at their Tuesday meeting

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7th Aug 25, 10:35ambyDavid Chaston

NAB cuts fixed mortgage interest rates ahead of the RBA

We are only three working days ahead of the next RBA rate review of the cash rate target

Markets have fully priced in a -25 bps cut to 3.60%.

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And if that actually happens it will flow through to home loan borrowers quickly. Likely all banks are ready and waiting to announce an equivalent cut on Tuesday, April 12, to variable rates as soon as the RBA confirms the reduction it its rate.

But NAB hasn't waited for that to announce fixed rate cuts, which it released today (August 7, 2025).

The cuts vary by term and LVR, but here is a summary of the main ones for their most common packages.

NAB        
    Was change New
Owner-occupied      
Choice P&I 1 yr 5.54 -0.25 5.29
  2 yrs 5.44 -0.25 5.19
  3 yrs 5.39 -0.10 5.29
  4 yrs 5.79 -0.10 5.69
  5 yrs 5.79 -0.10 5.69
         
Tailored 1 yr 5.54 -0.25 5.29
70% LVR 2 yrs 5.44 -0.25 5.19
  3 yrs 5.39 -0.10 5.29
  4 yrs 5.79 -0.10 5.69
  5 yrs 5.79 -0.10 5.69
         
Investor        
Tailored 1 yr 5.69 -0.25 5.44
70% LVR 2 yrs 5.59 -0.25 5.34
  3 yrs 5.59 -0.10 5.49
  4 yrs 5.99 -0.10 5.89
  5 yrs 5.99 -0.10 5.89

You can compare these changes in detail in our home loan interest rate tables. And in that table you can easily find both the Comparison Rates, and the more useful Effective Rates for your situation, for owner-occupiers, investors, for P&I and interest-only loans.