Lenders cut mortgage rates after base rate cut (Reuters.co.uk)
LONDON (Reuters) – Halifax, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, said on Thursday it was cutting its variable mortgage rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 percent, a spokesman said.
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