Lenders lifted rates 0.22% more than RBA since July

A look at more than 200 standard variable mortgages has shown that home loans have risen, on average, 1.22% since July – 22 basis points more than the RBA’s 1% increase in the cash rate.

The research, conducted by financial comparison site RateCity, found that the average standard variable rate mortgage sat at 2.31% above the RBA’s cash rate of 3.75% in February.

Over the past two years the gap between the cash rate and the standard variable mortgage rate was just 1.75%.

The RBA’s cash rate now sits at 4% after the 25 basis point rise on March 2.