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Top 10 most read mortgage broker stories this week – 02/06/2023

Fast-moving mortgage rates and product ranges dominated the headlines and the interest of readers this week.
The suggestion that landlords would only just make energy efficient improvements in time for the government’s proposed deadline also piqued our readers’ interest, as did the news that a man posed as a mortgage adviser to defraud potential homebuyers out of money.
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Nearly 70 per cent of Brits struggling with debt as interest rates ‘set to rise further’
Residential and buy-to-let mortgage choice plummets by almost 800 deals in one week
Product withdrawals ‘re-run of last September’ though worst may be over ‒ analysis
Average mortgage rates creep up as lenders react to ‘higher-than-anticipated inflation’– Rightmove
Man posing as mortgage adviser jailed for defrauding buyers out of £16k
Natwest ups rates; Platform to withdraws new business deals – round-up