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...Sticky services inflation and strong wage growth data in February, however, led to some readjustment of interest rate expectations in the markets, prompting some mortgage lenders to push up borrowing costs...
...The UK economy had a better than expected end to 2023, according to closely watched indicators that showed a strong improvement in services activity and a rebound in mortgage approvals....
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...Katy Eatenton, mortgage and protection specialist at financial services group Lifetime Wealth Management, said the data highlighted “the immense pressure tenants are under....
...The improvement in the housing market could also boost output in construction, spending on housing-related goods and services and household confidence, helping the wider economy....
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...Scottish Mortgage declined to comment. But other investment trusts face a battle to survive. Capital raisings, the industry lifeblood for new funds, have dried up....
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...The benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.4 per cent after the news, putting it on track to close at a record high....
...With about three-quarters of homeowners paying 4 per cent or less on their mortgages, they are “trapped” in their current homes because a new mortgage means paying more than 7 per cent....
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