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There is bad news for borrowers - economists are predicting mortgage rates will have to rise because of the effects of the US housing market crisis. Borrowers were hoping to escape the effects of the recent market turmoils but City experts say UK banks will need to put their borrowing rates up in order to recoup some of their losses. Global markets have been on a rollercoaster ride in the past few months with UK markets hit over fears of their exposure to the US sub-prime mortgage markets....

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Credit woes are already spreading through the banking system and into the home mortgage market, with Macquarie Bank becoming the latest lender to increase mortgage rates. The central bank has widened the types of asset it will buy, doubling its ability to pump money into the financial system, in response to a continuing global credit crisis that is savaging market confidence. Short-term money market interest rates have surged to more than 7 per cent and the Reserve Bank (RBA) is...

Lenders fund their variable rates by borrowing from each other in the money markets, where rates have surged in recent weeks even though the Bank s rate has remained on hold. They were already facing a payment shock because rates are much higher than two years ago, and now the credit crunch threatens to make some new deals even more expensive. Once you have locked in, you should not be affected by the market turbulence because your loan will be linked to Bank rate, not the Libor rate and...

The borrowers are also offered very low interest rates - "teaser rates" - to get them to sign on the dotted line. In the marketplace, these mortgages back so-called mortgage-backed securities, known collectively as MBS, and are grouped together to create large bonds that investors purchase. U pon returning to school this past week, several colleagues asked me about problems in the mortgage industry, its effect on the overall credit markets and what the future implications might be. If you...

Published: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:55 PM CDT E-mail this story . Print this page (ARA) - The number of Americans without health insurance continues to climb, while the number of people covered by employer-sponsored insurance programs continues to decline, according to the U. Published: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:55 PM CDT E-mail this story . Print this page (ARA) - The number of Americans without health insurance continues to climb, while the number of people covered by...

Money Partners will next week change its "medium-to-heavy adverse" products, mortgages at the more subprime area of the lending market, in its Origin Mortgages product line. Higher interbank lending rates could lead to higher mortgage rates for variable products across the industry, although as yet there are no signs of any other prime lender moving rates to reflect higher borrowing costs. The first sign that the global credit crisis could impact on the main UK mortgage market has emerged...