The Abbey National Intermediaries Division has just announced that it will be offering some exclusive mortgage deals for a number of selected partners.
The offers being provided by Abbey National vary from a low of 5.76 percent up to 5.81 percent, with at least a 50 percent deposit being needed for all the special mortgage deals available. A spokesman said that more offers like this would be released over time, dependent on the situation in the mortgage market at the time.
The Abbey National spokesman went on to say that this was a clear indication to the intermediary market that they are happy to lend money still and support for this important element of the mortgage market is very important to them.
The Nationwide Building Society has just announced cuts to its range of fixed rate and tracker mortgage products.
Applicable from 9 July the Nationwide Building Society 2 year tracker mortgages will have an interest rate of just 5.78 percent, with a fee of GBP1,499 payable. The 2 year fixed rate mortgages will have their rates confirmed shortly, since they were unavailable at the time of writing.
A spokesman from the Nationwide Building Society declared these cuts as indicating how committed they are to supporting the housing market, and their customers. The Nationwide is open for business he said.
The Abbey National has announced rate cuts on their two and three year fixed rate mortgages of up to 0.15 percent, the second round of cuts in the last 10 days.
The lowest 2 year fixed rate Abbey National mortgage can now be had at 6.34 percent, with a fee of GBP999, while the equivalent three year offer is just 6.29 percent. These mortgages require at least a 25 percent deposit to qualify.
Soon to be breaking the 6 percent barrier is a new Abbey National mortgage with a 5.99 percent rate, though the maximum loan to value will be 70 percent rather than the usual 75 percent. This will be for a three year fixed term and has a fee of GBP1,695, with a maximum loan value of GBP250,000.
