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Jessie Hewitson

Banks aren't going to save us, and here's why we shouldn't expect them to

Banks have been seizing on rising interest rates to improve profits by charging borrowers more for loans

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Analysis

An uncomfortable truth about mortgage rates - they are meant to hurt

Politics

Supermarkets deny cost of living 'profiteering' as £700m payout to shareholders questioned

Article thumbnail: Looking up towards majestically tall Ash trees and blue skies, the sun glints off a window pane in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beauitiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A couple are walking their dogs past an elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)
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Mortgage pain deepens as new rate rise sparks recession fears

Politics

Mortgage costs to stay high until 2025 as experts warn more interest rate hikes are needed

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Article thumbnail: Pedestrians view displays in an estate agent's window in Guildford, U.K., on Friday, June 12, 2020. U.K.??house prices??fell the most in more than a decade and consumer borrowing plunged as the coronavirus lockdown shuttered the economy. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Article thumbnail: Pedestrians view displays in an estate agent's window in Guildford, U.K., on Friday, June 12, 2020. U.K.??house prices??fell the most in more than a decade and consumer borrowing plunged as the coronavirus lockdown shuttered the economy. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Article thumbnail: The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, speaks at a press conference in London, Britain, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool
Article thumbnail: The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, speaks at a press conference in London, Britain, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool
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Article thumbnail: ONE EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVING. NO ALTERING OR MANIPULATING. NO USE ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNLESS AGREED BY HOC PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE. MANDATORY CREDIT: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of (left to right) Welsh Secretary David TC Davies, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Issue date: Wednesday May 24, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS PMQs Sunak. Photo credit should read: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.