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Your expensive haircut is keeping mortgage rates high
Homeowners hoping for a cut in the Bank of England base rate look set to be disappointed — and may be surprised to learn that their blow-dry is part of the problem. Bank rate has been at a 15-year high of 5.25 per cent since August last year, and it looks …