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Lender	Rate	Duration	BaseRate	MaxLTV
Hanley Economic BS	3.69%	To Nov 2011	4.74%	70%
Abbey Direct	3.69%	To Feb 2012	4.24%	70%
NatWest Purchase	4.39%	To Dec 2012	4%	75%
HSBC Special	4.95%	To Feb 2015	3.94%	60%
Britannia	5.49%	10 years	4.24%	60%

Lender	Rate	Duration	BaseRate	MaxLTV
First Direct Offset Tracker	2.79%	Term	3.69%	60%
Woolwich Offset	2.97%	Term	4.99%	70%
Yorkshire Bank	2.99%	To Dec 2011	4.59%	60%
Scottish Widows Flexible Offset	3.19%	2 years	3.99%	60%
Marsden BS	3.29%	To Nov 2012	5.49%	60%

Lender	Rate	Duration	BaseRate	MaxLTV
Abbey	2.69%	2 years	4.24%	70%
Nationwide BS Purchase Trackers	2.78%	2 years	3.99%	70%
ING Direct	2.79%	To Dec 2011	3.5%	75%
Hanley Economic BS	2.95%	2 Years	4.74%	75%
HSBC Special Fee Free	2.99%	2 Years	3.94%	75%

*This is not a full search of the whole market.

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