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Banks battle it out in mortgage price war
The soaraway housing market rekindles memories of 2008 when a lending spree triggered the worst financial crisis for decades
2 June 2021 • 4:57pm
Former City dwellers who decided to buy suburban homes with spacious gardens will be feeling smug this week as temperatures soar.
Now, a wave of first-time buyers and cash-rich borrowers will be hoping to join them as competition for preferential rates between banks and building societies heats up.
Lenders’ largesse has helped sustain momentum in a housing market in which prices have risen 10.9pc in the year to May.
Hinkley & Rugby Building Society launched a mortgage of an interest rate of 0.99pc in April. TSB, Platform (the Co-operative Bank’s mortgage arm) and Nationwide have now followed with similar deals.
Competition hots up as 0.95% fix set to launch
By Leah Milner 27
th May 2021 4:32 pm
A new market-beating fixed rate is set to launch next week with a rate of 0.95%.
The loan is expected to come with a hefty £1,499 fee.
Mortgage broker Private Finance says it has been pre-warned of the product launch, but cannot confirm which lender it is.
The new deal will be available up to 60% LTV and is likely to require borrowers to have an impeccable credit score.
It comes after Hinkley & Rugby brought out a discount variable rate of 0.99% last month for borrowers with a 35% deposit.
The deal comes with a £199 arrangement and £500 completion fee.
As a result of Brexit, UK-regulated firms will already have grappled with loss of passporting and equivalence measures, and the need to navigate national regimes and relocate staff. As.
Alan Birtwistle is considering becoming a landlord for the first time
Credit: JULIAN SIMMONDS
Landlords have been ditching properties in their droves after changes to taxation, a ban on evictions and ever-increasing regulation.
Many have sold up as house prices soared amid demand for bigger homes. Despite all this, Alan Birtwistle is considering becoming a landlord for the first time.
Mr Birtwistle, 56, recently extinguished a 29-year career as a fireman, retiring in 2019. He now lives and works at a campsite near Orpington in Kent during the summer and wants to escape to the Canary Islands during the winter.
After a divorce in March last year, he has £280,000 in bank accounts, earning little or no interest, and no property. “I chose not to buy a home so I could travel,” he said.