What is 利差贷款?
银行在基准利率（如EIBOR）基础上加收的额外利率点差，形成最终按揭利率，如'EIBOR + 2.5%'。利差的大小反映贷款机构对借款人信用风险和市场流动性的综合判断。
Description
In mortgage lending, the margin (or spread) is the fixed percentage a bank adds on top of a reference rate to arrive at the borrower's interest rate. For UAE variable-rate mortgages, the formula is typically: Customer Rate = EIBOR (3-month) + Bank Margin. If EIBOR is 4.0% and the margin is 1.5%, the borrower pays 5.5%. The margin remains constant throughout the loan; rate changes come from EIBOR movement.
LTV ratio: Lower LTV = lower margin (less risk for the bank)
Borrower profile: Salary transfer customers and high-net-worth clients receive better margins
Property type: Ready properties typically attract lower margins than off-plan
公式
Total Interest Rate = Base Rate (EIBOR) + Bank MarginHow to interpret
The bank margin is the fixed component of a variable-rate mortgage that the borrower and lender negotiate at origination. Understanding the margin allows investors to compare mortgage offers on a like-for-like basis, as two mortgages can have the same total rate at origination but different underlying margins, meaning their future costs will diverge as the base rate changes.
Negotiating a lower margin at origination has a compounding benefit over the life of a variable-rate mortgage. A 0.25% lower margin on a AED 2M mortgage saves AED 5,000 per year regardless of what the base rate does, making it a guaranteed reduction in lifetime financing cost.
迪拜市场背景
UAE bank margins for residential mortgages have historically ranged from 1.0-2.5% above EIBOR. Salary transfer customers at the lending bank typically receive the most competitive margins, as the bank benefits from the broader banking relationship. Non-residents and investors without salary transfer relationships face the highest margins in the range.
Margins are partially negotiable, particularly for high-value mortgages above AED 3-5M or for borrowers with strong banking relationships. Working through a mortgage broker who has volume-based relationships with multiple UAE banks can also secure better margins than going directly to a bank as a retail customer.
Frequently asked questions
The percentage added by a bank to a base reference rate (such as EIBOR) to determine the total interest rate charged on a variable-rate mortgage or loan.
The standard formula is: Total Interest Rate = Base Rate (EIBOR) + Bank Margin. Applying it consistently lets you compare projects on a like-for-like basis, which is the point of the metric.
The bank margin is the fixed component of a variable-rate mortgage that the borrower and lender negotiate at origination. Understanding the margin allows investors to compare mortgage offers on a like-for-like basis, as two mortgages can have the same total rate at origination but different underlying margins, meaning their future costs will diverge as the base rate changes.
UAE bank margins for residential mortgages have historically ranged from 1.0-2.5% above EIBOR. Salary transfer customers at the lending bank typically receive the most competitive margins, as the bank benefits from the broader banking relationship.
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The margin remains constant throughout the loan; rate changes come from EIBOR movement. LTV ratio: Lower LTV = lower margin (less risk for the bank) Borrower profile: Salary transfer customers and high-net-worth clients receive better margins Property type: Ready properties typically attract lower margins than off-plan
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