The typical rate across all deposit sizes was 6.01% (Picture: PA)
The average five-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen above 6% for the first time since November last year.
The typical rate across all deposit sizes was 6.01% on Tuesday, up from an average rate of 5.97% on Monday, according to financial information website Moneyfacts.
It is the highest level since former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget in November.
Meanwhile the average two-year rate nearly surged past 6.5%.
Nearly 90% of outstanding mortgages are on fixed rates – many of which were taken out when home loans were at 2% or less.
It comes as the Bank of England pushed the UK base interest rate to 5% last month, opting for a bigger hike than most economists were expecting.
It marked the 13th time in a row that the central bank has pushed up rates, in efforts to quell rampant inflation across the UK.
The Financial Conduct Authority watchdog will hold a meeting with HSBC, NatWest, Barclays, and Lloyds for a meeting on Thursday after bankers have been accused of dragging their feet in passing on interest rate rises to savers.
It is the highest level since former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget in November (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
Government minister Johnny Mercer said homeowners needed to ‘hold their nerve’ over inflation, telling Sky News ‘things will get better’.
Lib Dem MP and Treasury spokeswoman Sarah Olney urged the Government to do more in response to climbing mortgage rates.
She said: ‘This is yet more mortgage misery for homeowners on the brink.
‘Rishi Sunak asking homeowners to hold their nerve is sounding more tin-eared by the day.
‘It shows this Conservative Government is just totally out of touch.
‘Conservative ministers sent mortgages spiralling through all their chaos and incompetence, now they are refusing to lift a finger to help.’
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The typical rate across all deposit sizes was 6.01%.