interest rate

Mortgages

Platform cuts fixed and tracker rates

Platform has reduced rates on several fixed and tracker deals for the second time in two months.

clock 16 November 2009 •

Your profession

BoE keeps rates at 0.5% and maintains £175bn QE

The Bank of England today kept its key lending rate at a record low of 0.5%.

clock 08 October 2009 •

Economics / Markets

Interest rates held at 0.5%

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at 0.5% for the sixth consecutive month.

clock 10 September 2009 •

Your profession

Rates held at 0.5%; Quant easing to continue

The Bank of England has once again held interest rates at 0.5%, the third time it has frozen rates this year.

clock 04 June 2009 •

Your profession

Base rate frozen; Asset purchase scheme increased

Interest rates have been kept on hold at 0.5% by the Bank of England today.

clock 07 May 2009 •

Your profession

Interest rate cut on FSA fees loan

Advisers opting to pay their regulatory fees in instalments this year face an interest rate of 9% APR, 0.3% more than two years ago but less than last year.

clock 28 April 2009 •

Investment

Eight million pensioners suffering from low interest rate

More than eight million UK pensioners have seen their monthly incomes fall by a quarter due to record low income rates, according to equity release trade body SHIP.

clock 17 April 2009 •

Mortgages

BoE freezes rates at 0.5%

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at 0.5% today after six months of consecutive cuts.

clock 09 April 2009 •

Mortgages

MPC unanimous on base rate cut

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously both to cut Bank base rate by 50 basis points in March and to support the bank's asset purchase scheme.

clock 18 March 2009 •

Your profession

Base rate 0.5%; Bank unveils £75bn quantitative easing plan

The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the sixth consecutive month today, reaching a new record low of just 0.5%.

clock 05 March 2009 •