Is now the time to fix?

Assessed over a two year period, Bank Rate would have to rise to at least 2.75% to make it pay to fix at current mortgage interest rates. However, market expectations are for Bank Rate to rise to 2.25% in two years time, while we continue to doubt that any tightening will be on anything like this scale.

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