According to Tõnu Toompark’s Estonian property Adaur blog, morgage rates in Estonia have fallen to a level of 3.15 per cent at the end of the first quarter of 2012. The only other time when such a low level of domestic rates was reached was back in 2005, writes Tõnu
And whilst interest rate margins have steadily grown over the last year, the falling Euribor rate of European banks’ lending rates has contributed to the overall decline in Estonian banks’ interest rates.
The current prognosis would have it that a low Euribor looks in the offing, and as a result, continuing low interest rates, writes Tõnu.
Meanwhile loans to businesses stood at a rate of 4.17 per cent at the end of the first quarter of 2012, Tõnu goes on.
This is a translation for Tallinn Property and Goodson & Red Estonian property consultancy, and the original article (in Estonian) is available on Tõnu Toompark’s Estonian property Adaur blog here, complete with detailed graphs going back to 1998 and showing changes in Euribor rates, as well as interest rates within Estonia in Kroons and Euros (and also Deutschmarks since the Estonian Kroon was initially pegged to the German Mark after its inception in 1992) as well as the margin, i.e. the difference between the Euribor rate and the Estonian banks’ own interest rate.
Andrew Whyte
Tallinn Property by Goodson & Red
