Graeme Wearden
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Annual UK house price growth halves as mortgage rates rise â business live (opens the original)
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Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Annual house price growth across the UK has halved, according to lender Nationwide this morning, as rising mortgage rates cool the market. Nationwideâs latest gauge of house prices shows that prices fell by 0.2% in September, dragging annual house price growth down to 0.8%, the weakest rate of growth since December 2025. Thatâs down from 1.6% in August. This is weaker than the City exp
UK economy âslightly largerâ than previously thought after Q2 growth revised up; Greggs proposes 740 job cuts â business live (opens the original)
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Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. The UK economy grew faster than first estimated in the second quarter of the year, despite the disruption caused by the Iran war. UK growth in April-June has been revised to 0.5%, up from the previous estimate of 0.4%, in the latest National Accounts. Thatâs a welcome piece of good news for chancellor John Healey, as he draws up the budget due in four weeksâ time, and means his predece
UK government pays highest interest rate on 10-year debt since 1999 at bond auction â as it happened (opens the original)
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Newsflash: Britainâs government has paid the highest interest rate since 1999 on a sale of 10-year bonds this morning. An £4.25bn auction of a new UK gilt maturing in 2036 has just concluded, with bond investors successfully demanding an average yield of 5.383% when bidding to buy the debt. Thatâs the highest yield, or interest rate, since September 1999, Reuters reports. The auction, held by the Debt Management Office, received bids for more than three times as much debt as was for sale, s
UK mortgage demand drops to 32-month low as Iran war drives up borrowing costs - AOL (opens the original)
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Demand for UK mortgages slumped to a 32-month low in August as buyers were deterred by rising costs linked to the war in Iran. Just 54,918 mortgages for new home purchases were approved in August, the Bank of England reported on Tuesday, the lowest monthly total since December 2023. The data, which is seasonally adjusted, shows the impact of the rise in UK mortgage rates since outbreak of the war in Iran in late February began pushing up the price of oil, and sinking hopes of interest rate cuts.
UK mortgage demand drops to 32-month low as Iran war drives up borrowing costs (opens the original)
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Average five-year fixed mortgage interest rate has hit 5.94%, its highest since October 2023, says Moneyfacts Demand for UK mortgages slumped to a 32-month low in August as buyers were deterred by rising costs linked to the war in Iran. Just 54,918 mortgages for new home purchases were approved in August, the Bank of England reported on Tuesday, the lowest monthly total since December 2023. The data, which is seasonally adjusted, shows the impact of the rise in UK mortgage rates since outbreak o
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