Mortgage rules put stress tests at odds with rate cut expectations
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Lenders are having to stress test customers at rates which they do not believe borrowers will actually incur, Yorkshire Building Society's Ben Merritt says (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg)
Borrowers are being tested on whether they could meet mortgage payments if rates rise, despite consensus expectations the base rate will fall, lenders have warned.
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