Best mortgage rates · Residential · July 2026

    Best 5-year fixed rates for home movers.

    Locking your rate for five years after a move gives you payment stability while you settle. The best deals available to home movers today, re-ranked every night.

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    Refreshed nightly — rates as of 13 July 2026
    Loan to valueLTV = loan ÷ property value. A £50k deposit on a £250k home is 80% LTV.
    LenderInitial rateMonthlyFixed untilThenProduct fee
    1
    L
    Lloyds BankBest rate
    4.26%£1,356on £250,0005 yrs7.24%£999See full deal →
    2
    S
    Santander UK
    4.40%£1,375on £250,0005 yrs6.50%£1,499See full deal →
    3
    N
    Nationwide BS
    4.54%£1,395on £250,0005 yrs6.49%NoneFree valuationSee full deal →
    4
    S
    Santander UK
    4.57%£1,400on £250,0005 yrs6.50%NoneSee full deal →
    5
    H
    HSBC Bank
    4.58%£1,401on £250,000Oct 20316.24%NoneFree valuationSee full deal →
    Cheapest with no product feeNationwide BS at 4.54% — £1,395/moView →

    Monthly payments illustrated on a £250,000 repayment mortgage over 25 years; fees not added to the loan. Rates shown are for comparison — full lender criteria apply.

    For movers, the 5-year fix is often the most natural choice — it covers the period when life is most likely to be in flux post-move, from decorating budgets to school fees to career changes, and keeps the mortgage payment out of the equation. Because movers typically arrive with equity from a sale, they tend to sit in lower LTV bands than first-time buyers, which means the 5-year market here is often priced more sharply than the same term on the first-time buyer table. Use the LTV filter to confirm which band your equity buys.

    Porting a 5-year fix to a new property is straightforward if the loan size stays roughly flat — the existing rate moves with you. Where it gets complicated is the top-up: any additional borrowing is priced as a second sub-account at the rate available today, on its own 5-year clock. If your ported deal has, say, three years left, you’ll end up with a 5-year sub-account finishing two years after the ported portion. That misalignment means you’ll be negotiating a partial remortgage at year three rather than a clean refinance of the whole loan. A shorter top-up term — 2 or 3 years — could realign both sub-accounts at a single future date.

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    Frequently asked questions

    How these tables work, and how to choose between the deals on them.

    01How does porting a 5-year fix affect what I can borrow?
    Porting itself doesn’t change your existing rate or balance — you’re transferring the deal, not renegotiating it. Your lender re-assesses affordability for the new purchase price, and if you need more than the ported amount, the top-up is subject to current underwriting and current rates. Some lenders cap the top-up at a fixed multiple; others are more flexible. Getting your lender’s decision-in-principle on the ported-plus-top-up total before you offer on a property is the sensible sequence.
    02What if I want to move again during the 5-year term?
    Most 5-year fixes are portable, so a second move within the term can port the deal again rather than triggering an ERC. The lender re-checks affordability each time. If the new purchase is below the existing balance — downsizing — you’d repay the difference, and on some products a partial ERC applies to the amount repaid above the 10% annual allowance. Check your offer document’s porting and partial repayment clauses before committing.
    03Is the 5-year fix the right choice if I’m in a long chain?
    The length of your fix doesn’t alter the risk of your offer expiring before completion — a 5-year fix runs on the same six-month offer window as a 2-year deal. What the 5-year term removes is the pressure to remortgage soon after moving. In a volatile rate environment, locking for five years at exchange rather than rushing into a 2-year deal you’ll need to renew while still settling in is often the calmer path — the offer can be extended or reissued at a modest cost if the chain drags.
    04Should a mover take a fee or no-fee 5-year fix?
    On the loan sizes typical of a home mover — often £250,000–£500,000 — a £999–£1,499 fee spread across five years is a small annual cost, and the headline rate on fee products is usually lower enough to make them the better deal. That said, if you’re porting a smaller balance and only topping up modestly, the fee maths shifts; it’s worth running the arithmetic on the actual loan size rather than assuming the cheapest headline rate wins.

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