Mortgage rates below 5% for first time since Truss budget
Source: BBC
The average two-year mortgage rate has dipped below 5% for the first time since former Prime Minister Liz Truss's mini-budget in September 2022, figures show. The rate has dropped to 4.99%, according to Moneyfacts, which described it as a "symbolic turning point" for homebuyers and shows lenders are "competing more aggressively".Interest rates have been cut five times since last August but at the Bank of…
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