QUOTE(mazuto @ Aug 10 2016, 05:56 PM)
Hi, new here, I was thinking of getting maybank until I read your info for HSBC, which give better rate. If you please elaborate the different between BBA and MM concept..? pro & cons.?
Helps very appreciated.
Main different is MM/MMP dont practice the "ceiling rate" and "selling price" concept, as opposed to BBA. So the effective interest rate may fluctuate depends on the Base Rate (governed by BNM). In BBA, your total payment cannot exceed the "selling price" regardless of the BR fluctuation. If the rate remain constant or moving downwards during the tenure, you end up paying less than the selling price. The different between them will be treated as Ibra' (rebate).
*selling price is not the principal amount, rather its a 'calculated selling price with all the risks.' (I.e. principal amount of 800k may have more than 3M selling price for tenure of 35Y)
"ceiling rate" interest typically around 10.xx%
MM/MMP don't have this kind of mechanism. As such, there are risk that the interest rate may fluctuate excessively because it solely depends on Base Rate and the bank's judgement of the current economic situation. No limit imposed to protect the borrower. Then again, it very much depend on Malaysian economic. You can check BNM web for the Base Rate historical data to understand the trend.