Halifax has increased rates on a range of deals by as much as 0.61 per cent, effective from 9 October.
Rate changes include the homemover and first-time buyer mortgages, where two-year fixes at 75-80 per cent loan to value (LTV) with £999 fee have increased by 0.61 per cent to 3.11 per cent.
Meanwhile, two-year fixes at 75-80 per cent LTV with a £1,499 fee has gone up by 0.44 per cent to 2.9 per cent
Across the bank’s new-build offering, two-year fixed homemover and first-time buyer mortgages at 75-80 per cent LTV with a £999 fee have also increased 0.61 per cent to 3.31 per cent.
For affordable housing shared equity and shared ownership products offered to homemovers and first-time buyers, two-year fixes with a £999 fee at 75-80 per cent LTV have risen 0.61 per cent to 3.31 per cent.
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