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OK then, who's brave?

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Who's prepared to put their neck on the line, and predict when interest rates are going to rise again to above, say, 4%?

Be bold people!

(Don't worry, we won't hold you to anything! - I'm just very interested in finding out how people are predicting this all to go...)
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  • highguyuk
    highguyuk Posts: 2,763 Forumite
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    I'll start. July 2010.
  • whiteflag_3
    whiteflag_3 Posts: 1,395 Forumite
    March 2011

    I would be getting my mortgage onto at least a five year fixed by July this year.
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    whiteflag wrote: »
    March 2011

    I would be getting my mortgage onto at least a five year fixed by July this year.

    ^^ my guess too. I was going to say in 2 years, but this happens to coincide with March 2011 :p
  • adambro
    adambro Posts: 243 Forumite
    Is it the BoE base rate we are guessing?
  • zedyy
    zedyy Posts: 149 Forumite
    End of this year.
  • spike87
    spike87 Posts: 548 Forumite
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    October 2009 :)
  • nrsql
    nrsql Posts: 1,919 Forumite
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    Given that I'm about to swap my 4.74% fixed rate mortgage for a .89% above base tracker and given my history of abysmal mortgage choices I suspect it will soon increase to near 4%
    I am keeping a 5.35% fix so it probably won't hit 4.5% soon.

    Given that - I suspect July, Aug this year.
    But I think mid next year.
  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    About a month after they rise above 3.5% :D

    Funny enough I see there's another March 2011, I should change it to be different I suppose, but I'm not.
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Above 4%

    Not until 2017 by the earliest (and maybe not till much later)
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • uk_steve
    uk_steve Posts: 375 Forumite
    June 2011 is my guess
    Oh well we only live once ;-)
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