UK's Nationwide readies another increase in fixed mortgage rates

LONDON (Reuters) - Nationwide Building Society, one of Britain's largest mortgage lenders, will raise fixed rates on mortgages offered via brokers by up to 0.7 percentage points on Friday, it said in an email to intermediaries.

"This includes rates across our New Business, Switcher, Additional Borrowing and Existing Customer Moving Home ranges," the email said.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce; Editing by Sachin Ravikumar)