Nationwide mortgages

Nationwide offers a range of fixed-rate, variable rate and tracker mortgages and remortgages, with flexible features such as overpayments, underpayments and payment holidays.

All the lender's trackers give the option to switch to a fixed-rate product without early repayment charges.

Nationwide is also offering longer-term 10 and 25-year fixed-rate deals alongside two, three and five-year fixes.

See below for more details of mortgage deals:

Mortgages News

LDC warns rise of online sales spells decline of high street shops

New research suggests the number of empty shops on UK high streets will increase in 2012

Research by the Local Data Company predicts that online sales, rising unemployment and a lack of consumer confidence will mean more shop vacancies on the UK high street.

Halifax reports 0.6% rise in house prices

House prices went up by 0.6 per cent in January, latest figures from the Halifax show. This means that the UK average home now costs around £160,907.

UK service sector PMI growth eases double-dip recession fears

The services sector recorded strong growth in January 2012

Growth in both manufacturing and the vital services sector surprised economists and could help the UK avoid slipping back into recession in the first quarter of 2012.

Nationwide reports slight January dip in house prices

Nationwide reports a 0.2 per cent drop in house prices in January 2012

Nationwide reports that house prices fell by 0.2 per cent in January and that the outlook for 2012 is for a slight fall or stagnant house prices in England and Wales.

UK house prices fell 1.3% in 2011

Land Registry has shown that house prices fell in the UK at the end of 2011 when compared with the previous year.

Homeowners advised to pay down mortgage debt rather than save

People with mortgages can save thousands of pounds by overpaying on their mortgage rather than saving money in a low interest savings account.

Guide to the week ahead for the UK economy

Key performance indicators for the UK economy are out this week

The first data of 2012 is out for the manufacturing, construction and services sector this week giving an early indication of whether the UK is heading for a double-dip recession.