Mortgages: Interest Rates
Commons · Question 128931 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent changes to mortgage rates, including those influenced by recent global economic conditions, on housing market activity.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 28 Apr 2026
The Government keeps the economic outlook, including the housing market, under close review. The path to lower interest rates is through low inflation, and the government is fully committed to supporting the Bank of England get inflation back down to the ...