Last Modified On: 3 Oct, 2020

With falling SIBOR, DBS is the first to announce cuts to its popular FHR home loan peg.  It pioneered the use of fixed deposit rate to price DBS home loan since 2014 in Singapore.  Other banks soon followed suit with their own versions which collectively we refer to them as FDR (fixed deposit rate) home loan pegs.  Subsequently some have stopped offering FDR mortgages (see our table below) like UOB home loans and OCBC home loans.

As thought leader in the mortgage space in Singapore, we track movements on all such FDR (fixed deposit rate) home loan pegs closely through the years be it increases in the past or more likely rate cuts going forward from 2020.  Though SIBOR-pegged home loans are back in demand now with falling interest rates, there are still many customers with mortgages tied to FDR pegs.

DBS has started the ball rolling with announcement of first round of cuts to fixed deposit rates published on its website in March (below). This was followed by another round of cuts which took effect on 4 May to other tranches of fixed deposits.

As DBS, being market leader, often take the lead for any rate adjustments in Singapore be it for mortgages or deposit rates, we expect the rest of the banks to soon follow.

What we do is we will track the movements of FDR home loan pegs in 2020 using our table below.  The current value of all FDR past and present tranches are presented in the table, with provisions to accommodate new values as more banks announce cuts to their fixed deposit rates.  

Note that banks like OCBC, UOB and Maybank no longer offer FDR home loans for new customers.

ADJUSTMENTS IN FDR RATE IN 2020
(what’s announced so far)

Bank	Mortgage Peg	Rate End-2019	Latest Rate	Change By	Effective Date
DBS	FHR24	NA	0.90	Nil	Launched 1 Jun 2020
	FHR8	0.95	0.60	-0.35	4 Jun
	FHR9	1.35	0.95	-0.40	4 Jun
	FHR18	1.40	1.30	-0.10	2 Apr
	FHR(Ave12/24)	1.40 1.40 (12M) 1.40 (24M)	1.025 1.15 (12M) 0.90 (24M)	-0.375 -0.25 (12M) -0.50 (24M)	4 Jun 2 Apr
OCBC*	15FDMR	1.25	0.20	-1.05	2 Nov (Not in use)
	48FDMR	1.95	0.70	-1.25	2 Nov (Not in use)
	36FDMR	1.55	0.50	-1.05	2 Nov (Not in use)
UOB*	14FDPR	1.15	1.15	Nil	Not in use
	15FDPR	1.40	1.15	-0.25	Not in use
	36FDPR	1.65	1.15	-0.50	Not in use
SCB	36FDR	1.37	0.72	-0.65	21 Aug (Prev 10 Jun)
	9FDR	1.05	0.50	-0.55	21 Aug (Prev 10 Jun)
	48FDR	1.50	0.85	-0.65	21 Aug (Prev 10 Jun)
MAYBANK*	FDMR36	2.05	2.05	Nil	Not in use
HSBC	TDMR24	1.45	1.10	-0.35	Unavailable

*OCBC, UOB, Maybank have stopped offering mortgages pegged to FDR.

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