(Yicai) July 23 -- Mortgage interest rates in several Chinese cities are expected to enter the 2 percent territory after the central bank lowered its benchmark bank lending rates for the second time ...

Yicai estimates that interest rates for first-home mortgages would be cut by about 0.8 percentage point. Lowering interest rates of existing loans will save the interest expenditure of borrowers, ...

TOKYO - Long-term interest rates have surged recently in Japan on speculation that the Bank of Japan will further tighten monetary policy, raising the prospect of higher borrowing costs for households ...