UK Mortgage Rate At 6-Month High
04 Mayo 2022 - 3:07AM
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UK mortgage rates hit a six-month high in March after the three
consecutive rate hikes by the Bank of England, raising a threat to
the buoyant housing market, official data revealed on
Wednesday.
The 'effective' interest rate, which is the actual interest rate
paid on newly drawn mortgages, increased by 14 basis points to 1.73
percent in March, the BoE said. This was the highest since last
September.
Approvals for house purchases, an indicator of future borrowing,
were little changed at 70,700 in March, from 71,000 in February.
The expected level was 70,780.
Data suggests that higher interest rates have yet to take much
steam out of the housing market, Paul Dales, an economist at
Capital Economics, said.
BoE data supports the view that not only will the Bank of
England raise interest rates from 0.75 percent to 1.00 percent at
tomorrow's policy meeting, but that it will continue to raise rates
until they reach a peak of 3.00 percent next year, Dales added.
Secured lending increased more-than-expected to GBP 7.0 billion
from GBP 4.6 billion in the previous month and remained above the
pre-pandemic average of GBP 4.3 billion. Lending was forecast to
rise moderately to GBP 5.1 billion.
Individuals borrowed an additional GBP 1.3 billion in consumer
credit in March, following GBP 1.6 billion of borrowing in
February.
The additional borrowing in March of consumer credit was split
between GBP 0.8 billion on credit cards, and GBP 0.5 billion
through other forms of consumer credit.
Further, data showed that UK businesses borrowed GBP 1.2 billion
from banks in March, down from GBP 3.8 billion in February. Within
this, net borrowing by large non-financial businesses fell to GBP
1.9 billion in March.
At the same time, small and medium sized non-financial
businesses repaid GBP 0.7 billion, increasing from a GBP 0.5
billion net repayment in February. The net loan repayment by SMEs
in March marked the thirteenth consecutive month in a row of net
repayments.
The M4 money supply grew at a pace of 5.4 percent on a yearly
basis in March, after rising 6.0 percent in February. On month, M4
was up 0.1 percent.
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