When the average two-year fixed mortgage hit 6 per cent last month, panic started to set in. For the 1.3 million homeowners set to renew before Christmas, many would now be facing interest payments three times higher than what they had originally paid. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt immediately called a meeting with lenders and customer representatives to formalise safety nets, including repayment holidays and moving people over to interest-only payments.
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