Suffolk trims interest only resi products by as much as 16bps Mortgage Finance Gazette

Img

Suffolk Building Society has reduced its interest only residential products by up to 16 basis points.

Charlotte Grimshaw

Rates have been reduced on the society’s 80% loan-to-value (LTV) residential five-year interest only from 5.25% to 5.09% for 60 months.

In addition, the 80% residential two-year fixed interest only has been cut by 16bps to 4.99% until 31 August 2027.

And the 80% LTV residential two-year discount interest only has been lowered by 15bps to 4.85% for 24 months.

In addition, Suffolk has introduced a 90% LTV discount mortgage to help those with smaller deposits take advantage of the prospect of future Bank of England base rate drops.

The 90% residential mortgage is a two-year deal available for purchase or remortgage. It has a discount rate of 4.95% and a maximum loan amount of £650k.

Suffolk Building Society head of intermediaries Charlotte Grimshaw says: “With our changes to repayment vehicles, we decided to close the rate differential between our capital and interest, and our interest only products – giving people more choice.”

“This helps borrowers who are looking to borrow into retirement, people currently on interest only terms, or those looking to migrate over to interest only.”