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UK government pays highest interest rate on 10-year debt since 1999 at bond auction – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Newsflash: the number of mortgages approved by UK lenders has fallen to its lowest level since the end of 2023. Just 54,918 new home loans were approved in August on a seasonally-adjusted basis, new Bank of England data shows, as rising borrowing costs deterred potential home buyers. The average 2-year fixed residential mortgage rate today is 5.93%. This is…