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Mortgage rates cut below 4% as competition picks up

  • Santander UK is launching the first sub-4% interest mortgages of 2025, offering two- and five-year fixed rates at 3.99% for customers with a 60% Loan to Value starting February 13.
  • Homebuyers will face a fee of £1,999, while remortgagers will pay £1,749, according to Santander's announcement.
  • David Morris, head of homes at Santander, stated that these new products will positively impact customers throughout the home-buying journey.
  • Experts suggest this move by Santander could trigger a mortgage price war, despite concerns about higher fees and limited competition in the market.
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The reduction in mortgage interest in 2024 increased the demand for home purchase, which remained on the rise in the face of a rent market increasingly under pressure from the lack of supply. The picture has intensified in the start of 2025 with even more cuts in mortgage lending rates and even harsher mortgage warfare in the face of bank improvements in the linkages it offers, all driven by the downward adjustment of the monetary policy of the …

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Santander mortgage rates to drop below four per cent

Mortgage rates below four per cent are returning to the market, as Santander UK launches new products

·Swindon, United Kingdom
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theintermediary.co.uk broke the news in on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
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