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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Mortgage deals ‘trickling back on to market but at higher rates’

Options such as extending a mortgage term or switching to interest-only can ease monthly pressures in the short-term but increase the total cost of borrowing over time, Moneyfacts said (Yui Mok/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

Some mortgage products have started trickling back on to the market – but with much higher rates – according to a financial information website, as lenders prepare to proactively contact 1.6 million customers whose fixed-rate deals will finish before the end of the year.

Moneyfacts said the average two-year fixed-rate homeowner mortgage on the market had increased from 4.83% at the start of March to 5.75% by Friday morning – the highest average rate since August 2024.

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