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The Weekly: Mortgage rates hit 6%, the US$200bn pill race and why we hold on to bad investments
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UK mortgage rates have hit 6% for the first time since Liz Truss’s mini-budget, yet the Bank of England hasn’t raised rates. So who’s pushing them up, and why does it matter even if you don’t own a home? With Vic on her way home to New Zealand, our lead investor Nicole Bremner steps in alongside Soph to explain. Then, the race to turn weight-loss jabs like Ozempic into a pill. It could more than double the number of people using them, and Nicole shares how to invest in a trend like this without having to pick the one winning drug. Plus, a listener is losing money every month on a house she bought with her brother. Nicole has been in the same position with one of her own properties, and…