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KEYWORD "Cuts" - 100 RESULTS
Rates Continue to Fluctuate Across Mortgage Sectors

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

From: Breaking News

Mortgage shelf-life plummets and lenders hike rate

The average shelf-life of a mortgage product is just 15 days, with lenders increasing fixed rates, says Moneyfacts. Average mortgage rates on...

18 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents impatient with mortgage lenders despite better news on sales

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

From: Breaking News

Will stable inflation prompt a rate cut? Or will the Bank stick?

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

From: Breaking News

TSB raises some rates, reduces others; NatWest and Halifax increase

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

From: Breaking News

Shock government figure means likely delays to first rate cut

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

22 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Bank of England chief warns of ‘future shocks’ derailing recovery

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

From: Breaking News

Demand for Mortgages Soars as rates war draws in applicants

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

From: Breaking News

Swap Rate falls trigger speculation of early 2024 rate cut

Falling swap rates - already falling over the past month - have dropped further following better-than-expected inflation news, triggering speculation over...

27 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Interest Rates - year ends on optimistic note as brokers hope for better 2024

With the Bank of England maintaining base rate - as expected - at 5.25 per cent, the broker community ends 2023...

18 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts rates on buy to let range

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates on its buy-to-let range in what it calls a bid to “offer better value to brokers...

11 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Mortgage Interest Tax Relief must be reinstated - agency boss speaks out

The chief executive of Winkworth estate agency chain says this week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax...

20 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Base Rate on Hold - what it means for mortgages

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

From: Breaking News

Base Rate Decision Week - will the pause turn into an interlude?

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

From: Breaking News

Mortgage Debt Prompts Think Tank To Demand Policy Overhaul

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

From: Breaking News

Halifax Heads Cluster of Lenders Scrambling for Business

A host of lenders have announced cuts to their rates in recent days, with Halifax arguably the most significant. It’s launched three-year...

23 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Is The Mortgage Price War Really Over?

Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...

09 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Average rate on five-year fixed deal is sub-6% for first time in months

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

From: Breaking News

Six Weeks of Rate Cuts - and strong hopes of more to come soon

After six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate reductions - and the expectation of more soon - there are hopes of sub-5.0...

11 September 2023

From: Breaking News

It’s War! Lenders Battle for Market Share

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

From: Breaking News

Accord bucks upward swaps trend with further rate cuts

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

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts rates at the double!

Accord Mortgages is making further changes to its buy-to-let and residential rates. For the second time in as many weeks, buy to...

04 April 2023

From: Breaking News

MPowered Mortgages cuts rates

MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to speed up and simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, has...

14 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Third rate cut in as many weeks for Accord buy-to-let

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

From: Breaking News

The Mortgage Lender announces rate reductions

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

From: Breaking News

SDLT cut benefit to be wiped out within a month - insight

As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...

30 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Truss urged to cut fuel duty and cap energy bills

With votes in and Liz Truss elected as the new Prime Minister, many may have the question “what now”?  When it comes...

13 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Mortgage roundup – new year, new products, new rates

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

From: Breaking News

Mortgage roundup – a host of opportunities for borrowers

This mortgage roundup highlights the latest updates and features from the UK’s leading lenders, from custom-build mortgage products and holiday let mortgages,...

11 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Mortgage roundup – revamped products and the highest LTV available

Roma Finance completed a record month in May, reporting a 50% increase in pipeline business on top of the 100% increase...

15 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Lockdown cuts home insurance costs as claims fall – study

A steep drop in recorded crime since the start of the coronavirus lockdown has led to a downward shift in home...

16 September 2020

From: Breaking News

Product relaunches and rate cuts at Kensington Mortgages

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

From: Breaking News

Together launches its lowest ever second charge rate

Together has revamped its second charge mortgages to introduce new fixed-term products and its lowest ever rate on some secured loans. The...

27 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Hinckley cuts rates for high LTV fee-free cashback mortgage

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its fee-free five-year fixed rate mortgage at up to 95%...

22 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Furness for Intermediaries cuts rates for first-time buyers

Furness for Intermediaries has made reductions across its 95% product range. This includes the two-year fixed rate products, which now start from...

09 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Foundation Home Loans reduces rates on selected buy-to-let deals

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has lowered rates on selected products across its core buy-to-let (BTL) F1 and F2...

09 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Landbay reduces rates and fees in full-suite product refresh

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced a product refresh, which will expand and enhance more than thirty products for professional landlords. The...

05 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Hinckley & Rugby cuts interest rates

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three of its 95% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgage products. Its five-year...

20 September 2018

From: Breaking News

Five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgage rates still falling

The average cost of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage products declined in the first quarter of 2018 despite the steady...

24 May 2018

From: Breaking News

Kensington Mortgages cuts rates across several ranges

Kensington Mortgages has cut its residential range rates by up to 0.40% and selected buy-to-let products by up to 0.20%. Its select...

07 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Pepper cuts down rates on residential and buy-to-let ranges

Specialist lender, Pepper Homeloans, has cut interest rates across both its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges by up to 0.70%. All five-year...

09 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Kensington announces rate changes across the board

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let product range.  The lender, part of the Northview Group, has launched a...

15 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Metro Bank cuts residential rates and launches new tracker

High street lender Metro Bank has reduced the rates on its three-year and five-year residential mortgage range. It has also announced the...

03 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Nationwide cuts selected fixed and tracker rates

Nationwide is reducing selected fixed rate and tracker mortgages by up to 0.25%. It will cut fixed rates up to 75% LTV...

02 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Skipton cuts residential fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has launched a revised range of two and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages with rates lowered by up...

20 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Barclays cuts rates for buyers and movers

Barclays Mortgages is cutting rates for home buyers and movers across its two and five-year fixed rate range from today. A new...

17 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let surge turns nasty for first-time buyers

The surge in buy-to-let transactions in the run-up to the stamp duty surcharge on 1 April has left first-time buyers facing...

16 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Kensington cuts prices across buy-to-let range

Kensington Mortgages has cut prices across its range of buy-to-let mortgages. It is reducing rates on products carrying a percentage fee by 25 basis...

16 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Nationwide cuts fixed rates on high-LTV loans

Nationwide has announced that it is cutting fixed rates on smaller deposit mortgages. The building society is reducing selected fixed rate mortgages...

10 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Post Office cuts rates and launches new deals

Post Office Money has launched a number of mortgage deals and reduced rates on many existing deals. It says the new deals...

21 April 2016

From: Breaking News

First-time buyers move home to build deposits

Single first-time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit by moving back in...

18 April 2016

From: Breaking News

It takes 46 years to save London deposit

Single first-time buyers and England and Wales need 13 years to save for a deposit - rising to his 46 years...

22 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let gets Budget kick in the teeth

Chancellor George Osborne's eighth Budget delivered another blow to buy-to-let investors by excluding property from cuts to capital gains tax (CGT) rates. Investors...

17 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Fleet announces new buy-to-let rate cuts

Fleet Mortgages has announced the first in a series of product and criteria changes to be rolled out over the next...

08 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by 0.3%

Accord Buy to Let has cut the rates on its range of three and five-year fixed rate mortgages by up to...

23 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let clampdown deters investors

New research suggests that the Government's clampdown on buy-to-let is scaring off investors. Almost one in 10 UK adults say they have...

19 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Keystone cuts buy-to-let rates

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has streamlined its Classic Range to make product selection more straightforward for brokers and landlords. All rates...

02 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Interest rate cuts save borrowers £22 billion a year

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

From: Breaking News

Base rate hike prospects fade again

The prospect of a base rate hike has receded even further after Bank of England governor Mark Carney said now is...

20 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Barclays announces string of rate cuts

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

From: Breaking News

Nationwide cuts 95% LTV mortgage rates

Nationwide is cutting selected deals by up to 0.40% across its range of 95% LTV fixed rate mortgages from today. Its two-year 95%...

06 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Barclays unveils string of new fixed rates

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

From: Breaking News

Adam Tyler blog: Rolling out the red tape

Business Secretary Sajid Javid promised 2016 would be a year of dialling back the bureaucracy. The government, he said, is committed...

11 December 2015

From: 60 Second Interview

TMW cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut new mortgage rates by up to 0.85% on its Buy to Let 2 year products to...

11 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Tax crackdown is number one landlord worry

Chancellor George Osborne's planned cuts to buy-to-let tax relief are the top worry for landlords thinking of selling up. The squeeze on higher rate...

17 November 2015

From: Breaking News

TSB launches 10-year fix and cuts rates

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

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates

Accord Buy to Let is cutting the rates across its 75% LTV range by up to 0.35%. It is also offering a...

02 November 2015

From: Breaking News

First Direct cuts mortgage rates

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

From: Breaking News

Investec cuts Professional mortgage rates

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

From: Breaking News

NatWest cuts loan-to-income maximums

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has reduced its loan-to-income (LTI) maximums for mortgage applications up to 85% LTV. It has reduced its maximum LTI...

13 October 2015

From: Breaking News

More lenders cut rates as price war intensifies

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

From: Breaking News

Now Tesco and the Nottingham join mortgage war

More lenders are announced cut-price mortgage deals just days after predictions that the market was heading for a new price war. Tesco...

09 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Now Nationwide enters mortgage price war

Nationwide has announced a string of cuts to its fixed-rate range just one day after analysts warned of yet another mortgage price...

08 October 2015

From: Breaking News

HSBC cuts mortgage prices

HSBC has announced a reduction in a wide range of home loan rates. The bank has cut the cost of a...

02 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Labour launches attack on buy-to-let

The Labour party has outlined plans to impose further cuts to tax breaks for landlords and introduce rent controls to keep...

29 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Mortgage price war on borrowed time

The current mortgage price war will not last forever, mortgage lenders have warned. Lenders taking part in a panel debate at the...

21 September 2015

From: Breaking News

NatWest cuts residential intermediary mortgage rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is reducing rates on a number of higher-LTV residential mortgages in its broker portfolio from today. It will also...

18 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Now Nationwide and Co-op join mortgage price war

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

From: Breaking News

Coventry BS cuts buy-to-let rates

Coventry Building Society has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.30%. The rate will apply to mortgages at 65%...

15 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Lenders launch new price war as rate hike threat recedes

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

From: Breaking News

Platform cuts buy-to-let rates

Platform has reduced rates on its buy-to-let mortgage range by up to 0.10%. Highlights include two year fixed rates starting from 2.24%...

04 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Fleet Mortgages cuts buy-to-let completion fee

Specialist buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages has unveiled a product with lower completion fees for loans up to £150,000. The two-year, fixed-rate product...

03 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Tax crackdown forces buy-to-let landlords out of business

One in five landlords say they will be forced out of business in the next two years by Chancellor George Osborne's...

02 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts upfront buy-to-let mortgage costs

Accord Mortgages has launched a range of fee-free fixed rate mortgages aimed at cutting the cost of buying or remortgaging. Landlords can...

02 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Coventry cuts intermediary rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced the rates on its residential mortgage range. The specialist broker lender is now offering highly competitive two...

01 September 2015

From: Breaking News

TMW unveils its cheapest ever fixed buy-to-let deals

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

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts upfront costs on buy-to-let mortgages

Accord Buy to Let is helping landlords manage the upfront costs of buying or remortgaging by extending its range of £195...

13 August 2015

From: Breaking News

No bank rate hike this year, brokers say

Brokers and analysts don't expect base rates to rise until at least 2016 after the Bank of England held base rates...

07 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let mortgage rates driven lower

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

From: Breaking News

Platform cuts rates for borrowers with small deposits

Platform has revised its mainstream mortgage range for brokers by cutting fixed rates at 80% and 90% LTV. The intermediary lender of...

31 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Fixed rates now cheaper than variable rates

As mortgages plunge to record lows borrowers no longer have to pay more for the security of a fixed rate. The difference...

29 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Halifax cuts first-time buyer and home mover rates

Halifax has reduced the rates on its first-time buyer and home mover mortgages by up to 0.3%. It is also cutting its...

21 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Kensington overhauls buy-to-let range

Lender Kensington Mortgages has revealed details of a new range of loans aimed at landlords. The company said it was removing minimum...

16 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Virgin Money cuts price of fixed-rate loans

Lender Virgin Money has announced improvements to its range of residential mortgages, along with the temporary removal of its £99 application...

14 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Halifax and Nationwide cut rates

Halifax and Nationwide have both announced rate cuts across a series of mortgage products. Halifax has cut rates on first-time buyer in...

01 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Nationwide cuts two-year fixed rates

Nationwide has cut its two-year fixed rates for borrowers with smaller deposits by up to 0.25%. And it has made further reductions...

29 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Barclays cuts residential rates again

Barclays has cut its residential mortgage rates for deals running over terms of two, three and five years. Highlights from the new...

26 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Chelsea cuts first-time buyer rates

Chelsea Building Society has reduced rates for customers with 10% and 5% deposits, in what it says is a bid to...

25 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Platform launches new broker range

Platform has launched a new mortgage range for brokers and with cuts to selected fixed rate mortgages of up to 0.25%. The new rates...

25 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Accord cuts 90% LTV rates

Accord is reducing its mortgages for customers with a 10% deposit by up to 0.25%. The intermediary-only lender, part of Yorkshire Building...

17 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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