Santander UK has today announced changes to its savings and mortgage products, following the Monetary Policy Committee decision to increase the Bank of England base rate by 0.50% to 4.00%.
Santander UK will make the following changes:
Mortgages:
- The Santander and Alliance & Leicester Standard Variable Rates (SVRs) will increase by 0.50% to 7.25% from the beginning of March 2023
- All Santander and Alliance & Leicester tracker mortgage products linked to the base rate will increase by 0.50% from the beginning of March 2023. This includes the Santander Follow-on Rate (FoR) which will increase to 7.25%
Savings:
- Santander savings products that are linked to the Bank of England base rate will increase by 0.50%, effective from 2 March 2023. The products linked to the base rate are the Rate for Life and Good for Life savings accounts
Santander is, in addition, increasing rates that aren’t linked to the base rate, including on accounts paying 0.55% to 0.60% from 21 February 2023 such as its Everyday Saver, Instant Saver, ISA Saver and Easy ISA accounts.
In addition, the changes listed below are for new and existing customers and take effect from 2 March 2023:
- Junior ISA from 2.25% to 2.50%
The changes listed below are for existing customers and will take effect from 2 March 2023:
- Flexible Saver for Kids Account from 1.50% to 1.75%
- First Home Saver Account from 1.90% to 2.15%
- Help to Buy ISA from 1.90% to 2.15%
Any future changes made to other savings products which are not linked to the base rate, will be communicated to customers separately.
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