MORTGAGE lenders have raced to slash their rates after the Bank of England cut interest rates to 4.75% this afternoon.
This move will immediately benefit thousands of mortgage customers with Halifax, Lloyds Bank, and Metro Bank, who will see a decrease in their repayment amounts.
Plus, customers with Barclays, Coventry Building Society, Leeds Building Society, Nationwide, NatWest, Skipton, and Virgin Money can also expect changes in the coming days and weeks.
It comes after several lenders cut their fixed mortgage rates in anticipation of interest rates falling for the second time in four years.
For example, Santander and Accord mortgage cut their fixed-rates by up to 0.36%.
Earlier this afternoon, the Bank of England‘s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the base rate by 0.25 percentage points from 5% to 4.75%.
Lenders use the base rate to set their interest rates for savings and borrowing costs, including mortgages.
This reduction …