As the Bank of England warned of a year-long recession by the end of the year, half the population is already desperately trying to cut the costs of running their households.
Anyone with a fixed rate deal will be protected from rate hikes until the end of their term. But around 1.8million fixed rate mortgages are scheduled to end next year.
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