Double rate increase for NatWest Savings Builder and Help to Buy ISA customers

NatWest’s flagship savings account for first-time buyers, the Help to Buy: ISA, increases by double the base rate increase offering customers 2.50% AER. NatWest's most popular regular savings option, Savings Builder, will now offer an interest rate of 1.50% AER on balances of up to £10k.

Rates are increasing for 96% of savings customers, with the remaining 4% already receiving 0.75% AER or more. The minimum savings rate will now be 0.20% AER.

Customers with Mortgage Fixed Rate products will not see a change to their rate– this is two thirds of all mortgage customers. Mortgage Standard Variable Rate (SVR) will rise by 0.25% to 4.24% APR for all residential mortgages. Offset, The One Account and Current Account mortgage customers will also see a rise of 0.25%.

Rate increases on Savings and Mortgage Standard Variable Rate will both take place at the beginning of September 2018.

Les Matheson, CEO of Personal and Business Banking said: “Helping our customers save for their future and develop a regular savings habit is important to us. That is why we are increasing the rate across some of our regular savings accounts by double the Base Rate increase.

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Help to Buy ISA is available to NatWest customers aged 16 or over who have never owned property before.