Chris Lloyd, Associate Director at Enness, comments: “People needn't be concerned about today's interest rate rise. A year ago, interest rates were at 0.5% and it was widely agreed it was an excellent time to take out finance as interest rates had never been so low. As such, a 0.25% increase today is no cause for panic.

Of course, when the Bank of England (BoE) reduced the base rate to 0.25%, everyone was even happier, but this was an exceptionally low base rate and an increase to 0.5% won't have much of an impact. 

Looking back to when it was 0.5% previously, the high street was offering 2-year fixed mortgages at rates as low as 1.5% - or even lower sometimes – and when it reduced to 0.25% we didn't see them drop much lower. Therefore, I don't think we'll see banks making significant changes to their products as they are unlikely to need to increase their margins.

There was a time when rates were as high as 15%, and today we have simply gone back to where we were a year ago, which was a positive time.

Five and 10 year fixes are lower than they've ever been before, so now is still a great time to fix in, regardless of the immediate interest rate rise. The mortgage market is still strong, so people shouldn't be deterred from taking out finance following today's announcement.”

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