The lender has launched new two-year fixed rates to support credit impaired borrowers.

The lender wants to grow its presence in the intermediary bridging market.

Mid-lifers (30–49-year-olds) remain the most financially strained, with only 41% satisfied with their standard of living.

Analysts are now predicting an August rate cut at the earliest.

The lender is also contributing up to £500 towards legal costs for all bridge-to-let loans.

Consumer confidence about the economic outlook dipped, the FLA says.

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The Spanish bank said it had received “preliminary, non-binding expressions of interest” from unnamed parties.

Standard two-year fixed rates now start from 2.94%.

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