Barclays and TSB make major rate cuts Mortgage Finance Gazette

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Barclays and TSB are cutting rates tomorrow by up to 40 basis points and 50bps respectively.

Barclays logo on the building. Glasgow, UK.

Barclays is making widespread reductions on both residential remortgage and buy-to-let deals.

The biggest cuts at Barclays are on buy-to-let remortgage products, with a fee-free two-year fixed at 75% LTV set to fall by 40bps from 5.5% to 5.1%.

The lender is also lowering a number of other buy-to-let deals more than 25bps tomorrow, as well as some smaller reductions.

Residential remortgage rates are dropping by up to 20bps.

But Barclays is withdrawing an existing customer reward two-year offset tracker at 75% LTV, which had a pay rate of 5.08% with a £1,999 fee.

TSB is making substantial cuts of up to 50bps.

Its sharpest reductions are on buy-to-let and portfolio buy-to-let.

Two-year fixed rates for buy-to-let purchase and remortgage rates between 60% and 75% LTV, will be cut by 50bps.

Within its residential range, two-year fixed house purchase products, including affordable housing products, will be reduced by 10bps.

Three-year fixed house purchase products up to 85% LTV will be cut by up to 30bps, while five-year fixed house purchase products, including affordable housing products, will be reduced by up to 15bps.