When I was talking to some of my colleagues yesterday about how loyal Nationwide customers are, they started talking about its TV adverts. I just nodded and grinned, then watched one on the Internet later to find out what on Earth they were talking about.
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Like Hermann Goering’s reaction to ‘culture’, when I hear the word ‘software’ I reach for my gun. The similarity ends there — I don’t own a Browning 640b pistol and neither did I preside over the humiliating defeat of the Luftwaffe against an air force one third the size. Just as well, I’m never very good with enraged fascist megalomaniacs.
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MoneyExpert: Newcastle Building Society Introduces New Fixed-rate Mortgage
A new five-year fixed-rate mortgage product has been launched by Newcastle Building Society.
The new mortgage is available up to £500,000, offering a 95 per cent Loan to Value. Newcastle hopes that the product will appeal to those who are uncertain about future interest rate rises.
“This product offers buyers the opportunity to fix their repayments for five years with the certainty that there will be no change; regardless of Bank of England decisions,” explains Steve Urwin of Newcastle Building Society.
Fixed-rate mortgages have proven popular in light of a rising interest rate, which currently sits at five per cent. Borrowers opt for these types of mortgage to avoid the risks of future interest rate hikes.
However experts speculate that fixed-rate deals are set to fall in popularity at the expense of cheaper variable rate deals, as consumers look for the best mortgage rate.
Figures indicate that the average mortgage fixed interest rate was 5.24 per cent in September, the highest level since June 2005.