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  "id": 10667512,
  "title": "Average homeowner's mortgage rate has doubled in five years and sits at 4% for first time since 2009",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/average-homeowners-mortgage-rate-has-doubled-in-five-years-and-sits",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-29T10:23:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16168873/Average-homeowners-mortgage-rate-doubled-five-years-sits-4-time-2009.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Most major lenders have increased their mortgage rates in recent weeks on the back of inflation concerns due to the war in Iran and fresh increases in energy prices.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}