article_snippet: Mortgage rates are at record lows, and fewer households now expect a rise in rates within the next year.
article_snippet: Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said low mortgage rates are likely to be around for a while yet.
article_snippet: SPF Private Clients said that with Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation at 0 per cent, a rise in the Bank of England base rate from Bank of England current 0.5 per cent level this year is 'highly unlikely and could even have been pushed back for 18 months to two years'.