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Levi Winchester & Sonia Sharma

Martin Lewis explains how interest rate rise could affect your mortgage

Financial guru Martin Lewis has explained how much homeowners can expect their mortgages to go up by if interest rates keep climbing.

This week, a number of banks and lenders started pulling deals over fears for the UK economy following the Mini-Budget. New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced the biggest tax cuts in 50 years - alongside increased borrowing.

The pound plunged to an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday following the Mini-Budget and sparked fears that interest rates could rise to 6% next year. When interest rates rise, this affects anyone on a tracker mortgage and normally people on standard variable rate (SVR) deals.

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