BBCNEWS Sportsday June 4, 2024 12:44:00
Celia hatton. the bank of england has put up interest rates by half a percentage point, to 5% — the highest for 15 years. interest rates have risen for 13 consecutive months now, in an attempt to curb inflation. it means higher monthly paymore difficulties for about 1.5 million people with a tracker or variable rate mortgage. here is daniel peace, a homeownerfrom manchester. we had an offer accepted on a house in april last year. it was literally the week the ukraine was invaded. we then exchanged cheese the day that liz truss announced her budget so pretty much since we've had our offer acc...