First home loan rates are continuing to rise across China as banks begin to exhaust their annual lending quotas.

Data via Rong360 (a Beijing based financial info company) reports:

  • None of the 23 banks monitored by Rong360 are offering first home loan rates below the benchmark
  • 2 are on par with benchmark
  • 1 has suspended mortgage lending completely
  • 9 have raised first home-loan rates 5% above benchmark
  • 8 are at 10% above
  • 3 are + 20%
  • All of the banks monitored by Rong360 currently require a 70% down payment for second homes loans