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The financial institutions are expecting mortgage interest rates to rise. When and what's expected?

Loans. Mortgages. Credit cards. Interest rate rises around the corner.

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Financial traders in the City are expecting interest rates to

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rise by half a percent by the end of this year. These days the Bank of England prefers to make a series of small changes to interest rates rather than one large change, so watch out for the first 0.25% rise around August time

Mortgage rates are already reacting with the rates for fixed { life insurance } rate mortgages rising. The best rates for two year fixes are now in the 4.15% to 4.48% range and for three year fixes, 4.49% to 4.64%. The rates on credit cards and loans are usually variable, so these aren't likely to rise until the Bank of England moves - but you can bet your bottom dollar that when the time comes, they'll move quickly.

Only a month ago economists were talking about further falls in interest rates, so why has everything changes?

It's all because inflation is coming back under pressure. The governments' target for inflation is 2% per annum but with energy prices high, and likely to soar even further, we are beginning to see the knock on effect of energy inflation across the economy. And { life assurance } despite fuel bills siphoning money from drivers, new car registrations are up 7% on the year to March, industrial orders rose more than 13% and business confidence improved again in April. Even America, the world's largest consumer of oil, the economy is experiencing surprising levels of activity.

In many ways this is good news for Britain's economy. The annual { car insurance } rate of exports is growing at the rate of almost 20%, a rate virtually matched by imports. And the major quarterly survey of the economy suggests that growth will remain strong.

For the man and woman in the street, economic figures are all well and good, but it's the housing market that is perhaps their key barometer. Here the current news is good for existing homeowners, but perhaps less good for those trying to get a foot on the housing ladder.

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