The Resolution Foundation, which focuses on issues facing lower-income households, said more than 5 million families will see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of 5,100 pounds ($5,700.27) over the next two years.
Of that, 1,200 pounds reflected the expectations of higher interest rate rises since the Sept. 23 “mini-budget” that prompted a surge in borrowing costs with its unfunded tax cuts.
“With almost half of all mortgagor households on course to see their family budgets fall by at least 5% from higher payments, the living standards pain from rising interest rates will be widespread,” Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) Judge, research director at the Resolution Foundation, said.
The Bank of England has raised its benchmark borrowing rate from 0.1% last December to 2.25% now and is expected to announce another big increase on Nov. 3 followed by more which will take Bank Rate above 5%, according to bets in financial markets.
The BoE is trying to get a grip on inflation running at nearly 10% and economists say the tax cuts promised by Truss – even after her U-turn decision on Friday not to block an increase in corporation tax – will add to price pressures.
The Resolution Foundation said 1.2 million mortgage-holding households on variable rate deals would see their housing costs rise in with Bank Rate while 85% with fixed-rate deals would see their cost build more gradually.
($1 = 0.8947 pounds)
Source: Economy - investing.com
