The Crystal Ball of Interest Rates

Interest rates and your mortgage

Will they or won't they rise? Historically, interest rates have been notoriously difficult to predict yet their implications for mortgage holders are enormous.

For most people, a mortgage is the biggest debt taken on during their lifetime. How much you pay each month towards your mortgage will undoubtedly affect your lifestyle and perhaps you and your family’s future plans.

Inflationary Pressures Rise

High inflation, rising taxes?

UK interest rates have now remained at their all-time low of 0.5% for over a year. Whilst we appear to be creeping tentatively out of recession, the new Government is anxiously looking at ways to cut costs without derailing a still fragile recovery.