Bank of England base rate has been held at 5.25% - where it has been for nine months. The Bank’s monetary policy...
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13 May 2024
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The Hinckley & Rugby building society has announced two cuts to rates across its mortgage range in short order. After rate cuts...
07 May 2024
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Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...
04 April 2024
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The Bank of England has signalled that more than one interest rate cut is likely this year - but the question...
02 April 2024
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Since the start of September 2023, the average two-year fixed rate has fallen from 6.70% to 5.76% and the average five-year...
25 March 2024
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The estate agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
06 March 2024
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Diverse views have emerged from financial services figures in response to last week’s news that the headline rate of inflation remained...
21 February 2024
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Average mortgage rates on the overall two- and five-year fixed rate deals have now been falling for six consecutive months. The overall...
19 February 2024
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With the quick-fire mortgage rate cuts which characterised the past month now slipping into the rear-view mirror, the latest changes from...
12 February 2024
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The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...
05 February 2024
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There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
22 January 2024
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is warning that ‘future shocks’ may yet derail economic recovery. In a session with MPs at...
15 January 2024
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Latest Bank of England data released in recent days shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose from 47,900 in October...
08 January 2024
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Falling swap rates - already falling over the past month - have dropped further following better-than-expected inflation news, triggering speculation over...
27 December 2023
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With the Bank of England maintaining base rate - as expected - at 5.25 per cent, the broker community ends 2023...
18 December 2023
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The Bank of England has held base rate at 5.25 per cent, with most analysts saying this is likely to be...
06 November 2023
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The Bank of England is expected to hold base rate at 5.25 per cent this week with many analysts expecting this...
30 October 2023
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Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul to tackle the risk of an unsustainable ratcheting up of debt. That’s the view of...
25 October 2023
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Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...
09 October 2023
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The interest rate on the average five-year fixed mortgage has dropped below 6.0 per cent for the first time in nearly...
02 October 2023
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After six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate reductions - and the expectation of more soon - there are hopes of sub-5.0...
11 September 2023
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There’s been a flurry of rate cuts from lenders serving all sector of the market as a battle begins for market...
28 August 2023
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Accord is once again cuts rates across its residential mortgage range by between 0.15% and 0.25%, at a time when market...
25 April 2023
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Accord Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let range to offer lower rates to brokers and their clients. The intermediary-only lender is...
31 January 2023
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The Mortgage Lender has announced rate cuts across its entire residential range, including purchasing and re-mortgaging products. The specialist lender’s rate reductions...
24 January 2023
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In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...
18 January 2022
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Kensington Mortgages has announced a variety of rate cuts and relaunches across its residential and buy-to-let ranges. Available since September 9, the...
16 September 2020
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Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three mortgages particularly attractive to first-time buyers. The fee-free mortgages are...
30 January 2020
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Less than 5% of tracker rate mortgages are available on the market, which reflects the current ‘lack of appetite’ for variable...
14 August 2019
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Skipton Building Society is aiming to reduce the rates on its interest only mortgage range. The residential interest only range provides 60%,...
05 September 2017
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Homeowners remortgaged for an average of £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% of remortgage cases...
01 February 2017
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Just over two months since the Bank of England cut the base interest rate to 0.25%, an array of lenders are...
21 October 2016
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Fleet Mortgages has announced the first in a series of product and criteria changes to be rolled out over the next...
08 March 2016
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Interest rate cuts following the financial crisis have reduced annual mortgage costs by more than £22 billion, new figures show. The 4.5 percentage...
28 January 2016
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Barclays has unveiled a selection of new residential mortgage products and reduced rates on a further 13 mortgage products. It said the...
19 January 2016
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Barclays is overhauling its fixed-rate mortgage range from today and will introduce a number of rate cuts. The bank claims it will be...
15 December 2015
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TSB has launched a competitive 10-year fixed rate mortgage and cut rates on other deals by up to 0.25%. The new 10-year...
17 November 2015
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First Direct has made rate changes across its mortgage range with rates starting from 1.24%. The changes include cuts on a number...
02 November 2015
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Investec Private Banking has reduced fixed rates on its range of residential Professional Mortgages by up to 0.30%. Investec’s three-year fixed rate to 60%...
28 October 2015
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More lenders have unveiled mortgage rate cuts as they look to boost business levels in the final months of 2015. Chelsea Building...
12 October 2015
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Nationwide and The Co-operative Bank are the latest lenders to join in the recent bout of mortgage rate cutting. This follows a flurry...
16 September 2015
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Lenders have launched another round of "best ever" mortgage rates as the prospect of a Bank of England base rate hike recedes further...
11 September 2015
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Record low fixed rate mortgages may already be a thing of the past as lenders start pulling rates. New research from Moneyfacts.co.uk suggests...
08 September 2015
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The Mortgage Works (TMW) has launched its cheapest ever fixed-rate buy-to-let products with rate cuts of up to 0.50%. It has also...
25 August 2015
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NatWest Intermediary Solutions is cutting rates on a number of its buy-to-let deals as rates across the market continue to slide lower. New figures...
07 August 2015
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Lender Virgin Money has announced improvements to its range of residential mortgages, along with the temporary removal of its £99 application...