‘We won’t be able to pay this much’: UK interest rate hike hits home

When Rob, 35, from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, and his wife bought their first home for £375,000 in 2021, they were unable to imagine that 18 month later the Bank of England would have raised interest rates to 4.5% – their highest point since 2008. “We bought a four-bedroom house after a decade of…

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