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Nationwide makes further rate cuts across mortgage range
- Rate reductions of up to 0.21 percentage points for new and existing customers
- These latest changes follow on from the wide-ranging mortgage rate cuts made at the end of last week
- First-time buyers, home movers and those looking to remortgage or switch again benefit from these cuts
- Nationwide’s lowest rate now 3.58% for new and existing customers looking to move home
Nationwide predicts over 12 million transactions on Black Friday, despite curbs in consumer spending
- Nationwide predicts more than 260m transactions across November leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as consumers expected to spend £123 on average
- 38% of consumers do not plan to buy anything in the sales as they curb spending
- Younger consumers aged 25-34 are expected to spend the most across Black Friday, around £255 per person
- Surprising items at the top of wish-lists include vinyl record players, F1 merchandise and Funko Pops and Wayfair reveals increased searches for airfryers and coffee machines
Nationwide extends Branch Promise to 2030 while other banks shut doors
- Branch Promise extension protects all 696 Nationwide and Virgin Money branches
- Nationwide branches remain popular, with 11% increase in customers using them over last year(1)
- Over a third of current accounts and over a fifth of savings accounts opened in branch(2)
- Last branches in town see increased current account openings and ATM usage
Nationwide sees 53% increase in first-time buyers using Helping Hand mortgage boost in last 12 months
- Nationwide supported 23k first-time buyers via Helping Hand in last 12 months – up 53% annually
- Helping Hand was enhanced in Sept 2024, enabling first-time buyers to borrow up to 6 times income
- Regulatory changes enabled Nationwide to relax Helping Hand minimum income criteria and allow borrowing up to 95% LTV on new build houses
Gen Z and Millennials might lack DIY knowhow - but they finish what they start!
- Research reveals shift in DIY attitudes as younger generations know less, spend more and get things finished
- All generations in agreement that DIY knowledge and skills haven’t been passed down to younger people
- Just 9% of Gen Z have bled a radiator compared to 53% of Baby Boomers
- Gen Z leave jobs unfinished for 3-4 months on average - this jumps to 11 months for Baby Boomers
- YouTube the most popular source of DIY tips but Gen Z turn to TikTok and Millennials use Facebook & Instagram
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04 Dec 2025
Nationwide makes further rate cuts across mortgage range
- Rate reductions of up to 0.21 percentage points for new and existing customers
- These latest changes follow on from the wide-ranging mortgage rate cuts made at the end of last week
- First-time buyers, home movers and those looking to remortgage or switch again benefit from these cuts
- Nationwide’s lowest rate now 3.58% for new and existing customers looking to move home
03 Dec 2025
The Mortgage Works reduces switcher rates
The Mortgage Works will be reducing rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across selected buy-to-let, limited company buy-to-let and HMO products for existing customers. The new rates will be effective from tomorrow, Thursday 4 December.
01 Dec 2025
Black Friday post-weekend spending update
- Nationwide customers made over 31.2 million transactions across the weekend, which is 5.8% higher than the weekend period in 2024, which saw 29.4 million transactions.
- Black Friday on 28th November 2025 saw a record of 11.9 million transactions, which is 8.7% higher than last year’s Black Friday on 29th November 2024, which recorded 10.9 million transactions.
01 Dec 2025
Nationwide takes 46% of UK's student accounts and serves up over 125,000 takeaways to freshers
- Winning formula of food, cash and generous overdraft attracts students to Nationwide
- 11% open account in branch as Nationwide promises to keep all branches open until at least 2030
- £10 takeaway vouchers just the right amount for a monthly takeaway, ONS data shows
- Nationwide returns value to younger members: 25% of £100 Fairer Share Payments went to under 35s
28 Nov 2025
Black Friday live spending data - 4pm
- By 4pm, Nationwide customers have made over 7.3 million transactions since the beginning of Black Friday. The highest number of transactions recorded per minute was 15,345 and 255 per second.
- The number of purchases at 4pm is 9.18% higher than Black Friday 2024, which saw more than the 6.68 million transactions at the same time last year.
28 Nov 2025
Black Friday live spending data - 1pm update
- As of 1pm today, Nationwide customers have made over 4.88 million transactions on Black Friday.
- This represents a 10.36% increase compared to Black Friday 2024, when more than 4.42 million transactions were recorded by this time last year.
