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  "id": 3681008,
  "title": "Home buyers must put down £18,200 extra deposit to counter effect of rising mortgage rates this year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/home-buyers-must-put-down-18-200-extra-deposit-to-counter-effect-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T23:01:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16081727/Home-buyers-18-200-extra-deposit-counter-effect-rising-mortgage-rates-year.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five-year fixed mortgage rates have risen from below 4% in January to around 4.8% today, thanks to inflation expectations which have been influenced by the Iran war.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}