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Mortgage rates

August 2024

  • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaking on Thursday

    Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher rates are here to stay

    Mortgage payers and business owners vainly hope cut to 5% signals return to pre-pandemic era of cheap borrowing
  • Rear view of woman (played by a model) using smartphone while looking at real estate sign, planning to buy a house.

    How will Bank of England interest rate cut affect my finances?

    From mortgages to savings and from loans to credit cards, we look at impact of quarter-point cut to base rate
  • A dark green sold sign with yellow lettering and house symbol outside an old brick house with decorative brick detailing around its windows and white wooden windowframes; there is greenery and a tall bush in the front garden behind the sign; the house appears to be quite small and in a terrace but looks smart and desirable

    UK house prices rise at fastest rate in 18 months, Nationwide reports

    Annual growth rate was 2.1% in July but building society says high mortgage rates still pose challenges

July 2024

  • A woman wearing a backpack looks at advertisements in an estate agent window

    Soaring UK mortgage rates have pushed 320,000 adults into poverty, thinktank says

  • For sale signs

    Fixed-rate mortgages below 4% back on sale in UK

  • A colourful terrace house in Berkshire

    Number of agreed UK house sales over past month ‘up 15% on 2023’

  • Colourful row of period cottages in Oakham, Rutland

    UK house prices remain subdued for third successive month

June 2024

  • a terrace of brightly painted homes

    Barclays and HSBC to cut fixed-rate mortgage deals

  • Wages of first-time buyers have not kept pace with the rise in house prices and interest rates.

    Mortgage of first-time buyer tops £1,000 a month as house prices and rates rise

  • In a survey of 14,000 people by Rightmove, 95% of those planning to move said the election would not change plans.

    UK house prices remain near record high with little sign of election impact

  • a postman delivers mail at a new-build housing estate

    UK house prices stabilise as rising wages and consumer confidence steady market

May 2024

  • Coloured houses in Bristol

    UK house prices return to growth as market ‘shows signs of resilience’

  • A residential complex in Nanjing, China.

    China to cut mortgage rates as part of plan to prop up property market

  • Row of houses on a street, with a 'sold' sign outside first house

    Three UK banks announce cuts to cost of fixed-rate mortgages

  • a young couple look at properties for sale in an estate agent window

    Are 25-year UK mortgages a thing of the past?

  • Savills says UK house prices will rise this year in U-turn on earlier forecast

  • UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row

April 2024

  • Nationwide building society on a high street with pedestrians walking past

    Nationwide stops lending on some flood-risk properties

    Banks may follow suit after UK weather-related claims on home insurance reach new high
  • Barclays logo on a bank close up

    Barclays profits tumble 12% as UK interest rates hit mortgage demand

    Pre-tax profits drop to £2.3bn between January and March, down from £2.6bn last year
  • Signage at a branch of Lloyds bank

    Lloyds profits fall as competition for mortgages heats up

    Pre-tax profits drop to £1.6bn between January and March, down from £2.3bn last year
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