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Pocket money... five-year fix surges to crisis levels

● Mortgage rates have followed the base rate and gilt yield upwards, with the average interest rate on a five-year fixed mortgage eclipsing 6% this week. The average two-year fix has reached 6.47%. Mortgage rates haven’t been this

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