AFTER hiking the interest rates on <a href="/banking-finance/dbs-raises-2-year-fixed-home-loan-rate-to-275-per-annum-highest-among-local-banks" target="_blank">fixed-rate home loan packages in late June</a>, DBS is raising its rates further to 3.5 per cent. This is a 0.75 percentage point rise from the earlier 2.75 per cent interest rate offered by Singapore’s largest lender.