Santander launches sub-4% loans, reduces rates by up to 82bps Mortgage Finance Gazette

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Santander for intermediaries will cut selected residential and landlord fixed-rate loans by up to 82 basis points tomorrow (10 January), which includes the introduction of sub-4% mortgages.  

Highlights of the high street bank’s new business standard residential reductions will see rates fall by between 17bs and 82bps including:  

  • Five-year fixes at 60% loan to value, at 3.89%, with a £999 product fee for remortgages  
  • Five-year fixes at 60% LTV, at 3.94%, with a £999 product fee for purchases  

Other new business reductions cover:  

  • All new build exclusive fixes will fall by between 21bps and 56bps  
  • All large loan fixes will fall by 25bps  
  • All buy-to-let two- and five-year fixes will fall by between 21bps and 56bps and it will pull all BTL three-year fixes  

Product transfer highlights include:  

  • All residential fixes will fall by between 4bps and 82bps  
  • All BTL two- and five-year fixes will fall by between 15bps and 56bps and it will pull all BTL three-year fixes 

The lender says that new business and product transfer completion deadlines will roll on by one month.  

It tells brokers that clients who have not accepted a product transfer offer, means that brokers can select a new product in the online mortgage transfer service for them and a new offer will be issued.    

It adds that If clients have accepted a new deal, brokers can change to a different deal, or cancel the one that has been booked. Brokers must do this at least 14 days before their client’s new deal starts. 

The firm says that while a product transfer is pending, broker clients cannot make any other changes to their mortgage until that new deal has started.

This includes a switch to interest only for six months or a term increase under the Mortgage Charter, and other changes such as overpayments.