RATES HIKE AND HOMEOWNERS Just over a fifth of all mortgage holders are on a variable rate deal, meaning around 1.9m homeowners could be hit with a record rise in costs after yesterday's hike. Of those on a variable rate, around 800,000 are on a tracker deal and the remainder are stuck on the most expensive option - the standard variable rate. LAURA SUTER, AJ BELL

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