Banks offer glimmer of hope on new mortgages - Times Online

Story date: 2008-07-21 10:30:00
Added on: 2008-07-21 23:03:53

Barclays and Abbey became the latest mortgage lenders to announce rate cuts yesterday as the cost of an average two-year fixed-rate mortgage fell below 7 per cent for the first time in weeks. Barclays cut some of the rates offered by Woolwich, its ...


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