Tracking mortgage rates Homeowners face higher mortgage costs today as the UK's second biggest lender raised its rates.
Homeowners face higher mortgage costs today as the UK's second biggest lender raised its rates. High street bank Abbey, which has a 9 per cent share of the mortgage market, said it was increasing its tracker mortgage rates by between 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent for new customers from today.

Publication: Herald Express (Torquay UK)

Disgruntled customers switch from top lender The UK's biggest mortgage lender admitted yesterday that uncompetitive rates for existing customers had resulted in a slump in its share of the new mortgage market.
The UK's biggest mortgage lender admitted yesterday that uncompetitive rates for existing customers had resulted in a slump in its share of the new mortgage market. Halifax Bank of Scotland said it had failed to retain enough homeowners coming to the end of two and three-year fixed deals in the

Publication: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)

Long-term Fixed Rate Mortgages have Seen a Rise in Popularity in the UK's Mortgage Market.
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (httpwww.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48842) has announced the addition of Pricing Models in the UK Mortgage Market: Time for Change? to their offering. Lenders have depended upon short-term pricing models over the last few years as they have concentrated

Publication: Business Wire

Fixed-rate mortgages win UK popularity contest.
Byline: Joy Dunbar The first Mortgage Waste Report is published by Impartial.co.uk. Half of all mortgage holders have fixed-rate deals, rising to 67 per cent of those aged under 35, according to a report by a mortgage website. The first Mortgage Waste Report by Impartial.co.uk, found that

Publication: Financial Adviser

Woolwich cuts it lending rate again ; One of the UK's biggest lenders announced it was cutting its mortgage rates for the second time in two weeks, following a fall in funding costs.
One of the UK's biggest lenders announced it was cutting its mortgage rates for the second time in two weeks, following a fall in funding costs. Barclays lending arm The Woolwich is reducing the cost of its fixed rate deals by up to 0.32 per cent. The group is the latest in a flurry of lenders to

Publication: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)

Lenders slash savings rates but fail to pass on MPC half-point cut on home loan costs; In association with www.rbs.co.uk MORTGAGES.(Business)
Lenders are using the interest rate cut to boost margins, slashing savings rates but failing to pass on the reduction to borrowers, figures showed today. Since the Bank of England announced it was cutting the cost of borrowing by half a per cent to 4.5 per cent, 38 per cent of savings providers and

Publication: The Birmingham Post (England)