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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Choice of sub-4% mortgages nosedives as ‘Trumpflation’ hits borrowers

Borrowers looking for the lowest fixed rates will be ‘disappointed’ to see the demise of sub-4% mortgages, Moneyfactscompare.co.uk said (Joe Giddens/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

The pool of sub-4% fixed mortgage deals on the market has nearly dried up as the effects of “Trumpflation” caused by the US war with Iran continue to impact consumers across the UK, according to a financial information website.

Rising rates meaning some new borrowers face paying hundreds of pounds more for a deal annually than they would have done just a couple of weeks ago as financial markets become more volatile following the conflict in the Middle East.

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