Santander to up mortgage rates

Santander UK has increased the rates on its mortgage products, following the Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to increase the Bank of England base rate by 0.25% to 1.25%.

All Santander tracker mortgage products linked to the base rate will increase by 0.25% from the beginning of July.

This includes the Santander Follow-on Rate (FoR) which will increase to 4.50%.

All Alliance & Leicester mortgage products linked to the base rate will increase by 0.25% from the beginning of August.

Finally, the Alliance & Leicester and Santander Standard Variable Rates (SVRs) will increase by 0.25% to 5.49%, again from the beginning of August.

Santander has also passed the rate rise on to savers and current account holders by increasing their interest rates by 0.25%.

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