Abbey for Intermediaries launches 2.99pc 3-year fix

Miguel Sard, managing director of Abbey for Intermediaries, said: “We are very pleased to support the intermediary market with these market-leading deals, which are available exclusively through selected Key Account partners.

“We expect these great rates to be very well received by borrowers looking for the peace of mind of a fixed rate deal in today’s challenging market conditions.”

Both products come with a £1495 fee and with AfI’s Homebuyer or Remortgage Solution and are available to selected key accounts.

The Homebuyer Solution includes free standard mortgage valuation and £250 cashback on completion, while the Remortgage Solution offers a free standard mortgage valuation, and either free legals or £250 cashback on completion.

Fees can be added to the loan and the maximum loan size on all products is £550K.

The selected Key Account partners eligible to access these products are:

o Intrinsic

o Tenet

o Sesame Bankhall Group including PMS’ directly authorised intermediaries

o Countrywide

o Simply Biz including Simply Biz Club’s directly authorised intermediaries

o LSL Group

o London & Country

Santander has launched a direct-only five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.99 per cent up to 60 per cent loan-to-value.

The product is only available to customers existing current account and mortgage customers looking to purchase a new home. It does not come with any other added benefits, like a free standard valuation, free legals or any cash back options, like with some of the lender’s other products.