The increases in mortgage interest rates highlighted by the press this week are fairly small, are coming off a very low base and will affect a limited number of borrowers. But they should not be dismissed lightly, not least because banks may not be done raising mortgage rates just yet. And experience suggests that it doesn’t take a dramatic increase in the number of borrowers having trouble making their payments to have a significant effect on forced sales and house prices.
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