Abbey lowers fixed rates

Highlights include:

- * 2 and 5 year fixed rates available from 4.64% - reduced by up to 0.45%

- * Stepped fixed rate now starts at 3.69% - reduced by 0.30%

- * 6 month fixed rate Flexible Plus mortgage now 4.49% - reduced by 0.05%

Gary Hockey-Morley, Abbey's Director of Mortgages, said: "Fixed rates have been falling for some time and we are making sure that Abbey is offering some of the lowest deals available. Our fixed rates are now the lowest they have been since October 2003 but we' ve also got great deals on tracker, flexible and cashback mortgages."

Abbey 's new mortgage deals are available from 13 June 2005:

Customers wanting to find out more about these great deals or other mortgages in the Abbey range can go into any Abbey branch or call on 0800 100 802.