Natwest has increased the rates on selected green mortgage deals by 0.5 per cent.
The changes apply to a range of two and five-year fixed rates for both purchases and remortgages.
A two-year fixed rate purchase product at 60 per loan to value (LTV) has increased from 0.92 per cent to 0.97 per cent, whilst its similar product at 75 per cent LTV has gone from 1.02 per cent to 1.07 per cent.
The lender’s two-year fixed rate remortgage at 60 per cent LTV has been upped from 0.87 per cent to 0.97 per cent. At 75 per cent LTV the rate has risen from 1.06 per cent to 1.11 per cent.
For five-year fixed rates, the bank’s purchase product at 60 per cent LTV and 75 per cent LTV have increased by 0.5 per cent to 1.02 per cent and 1.32 per cent respectively.
Both its five-year fixed rate remortgage products at 60 and 70 per cent LTV have also gone up by 0.5 per cent to 1.02 per cent and 1.34 per cent respectively.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.