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KEYWORD "rate cut" - 46 RESULTS
Mutual cuts rates twice in a week, against the trend

The Hinckley & Rugby building society has announced two cuts to rates across its mortgage range in short order.  After rate cuts...

07 May 2024

From: Breaking News

How Much Will Mortgage Rates Affect The Housing Market?

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

From: Breaking News

Bank of England Base Rate Cut - when will it happen?

The Bank of England has signalled that more than one interest rate cut is likely this year - but the question...

02 April 2024

From: Breaking News

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

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

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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

Two year fixes fall by fastest rate since 2022 - Moneyfacts

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

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

Mortgage Market Bounce drives housing market recovery

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Hinckley slashes rates for first-time buyer-friendly mortgages

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

From: Breaking News

Borrowers at risk if tracker rates fall – claim

Less than 5% of tracker rate mortgages are available on the market, which reflects the current ‘lack of appetite’ for variable...

14 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Skipton bolsters its interest-only range with rate cut across the board

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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Remortgage activity continues to increase, research reveals

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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Some lenders remain unresponsive to base rate change

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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 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

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

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Lenders start pulling best buy fixed rates

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

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

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

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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

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