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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ruby Flanagan

Mortgage costs could rise by an average of £2,900 a year for 800,000 people

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners have been warned they could pay an extra £2,900 a year more for their mortgage from next year if interest rates continue to rise.

The Resolution Foundation predicts the Bank of England base interest rate could peak at nearly 6% by next year - currently, the base interest rate is 4.5%.

According to research by the think tank, around 800,000 people are expected to remortgage next year so will be impacted by the high rates.

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