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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll and Clea Skopeliti

Almost 1,000 mortgage deals pulled as panic grips UK housing market

Moneyfacts, which monitors the housing sector, said 935 out of 3,596 mortgage products had disappeared between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Moneyfacts, which monitors the housing sector, said 935 out of 3,596 mortgage products had disappeared between Tuesday and Wednesday. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Almost 1,000 mortgage packages were pulled overnight from the British market as panic seeps into the housing market in the wake of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.

Moneyfacts, which monitors the sector, said 935 out of 3,596 mortgage products had disappeared between Tuesday and Wednesday, double the previous record of 462 at the start of the pandemic lockdowns.

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