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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Levi Winchester

Bank of England offers glimmer of hope on mortgages with 'lower than expected' forecast

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey today offered a glimmer of hope for homeowners as he claimed fixed-rate mortgage deals “should not need to rise as much as they have done”.

It comes after the Bank of England hiked interest rates from 2.25% to 3% - the biggest single increase since 1989 and keeping the base rate at a 14-year high.

Interest rates were set at 0.1% just a year ago.

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