Nationwide adjusts fixed-term mortgages

Friday, 21 November 2008 12:00

Nationwide Building Society is shelving long-term fixed rate mortgages and slashing rates on the shorter loans.

The move means the prices of its two-year fixed-rate mortgage deals, and selected three and five-year loans, will be reduced by as much as 0.80 per cent.

However, it is also withdrawing its ten and 25-year fixed-rate products. All the changes have come into effect today.

Among the new deals Nationwide is highlighting is the two-year fixed-rate mortgage which comes with a £599 fee and an interest rate of 4.98 per cent.20

Matthew Carter, divisional director of mortgages at Nationwide, said: "As part of our ongoing commitment to helping first-time buyers we will continue to offer a lower reservation fee of £299 on our three-year fixed-rate mortgage.

"In addition to this first-time buyers are also eligible for £100 off their legal fees."

Nationwide also revealed its existing customers would continue to have access to its range of fixed-rate mortgages at a reservation fee of £299.

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