boe_mortgage_rates: Download quoted mortgage interest rates

In boe: Download Data from the Bank of England Statistical Database

Download quoted mortgage interest rates

Description

Downloads monthly quoted (advertised) mortgage rates from the Bank of England, including fixed-rate products and the standard variable rate (SVR). Available from January 1995.

Usage

boe_mortgage_rates(
  type = c("2yr_fixed", "3yr_fixed", "5yr_fixed", "svr"),
  from = "1995-01-01",
  to = Sys.Date(),
  cache = TRUE
)

Arguments

type	Character vector. One or more of "2yr_fixed", "3yr_fixed", "5yr_fixed", "svr". Defaults to all four.
from	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). Start date. Defaults to "1995-01-01".
to	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). End date. Defaults to today.
cache	Logical. Use cached data if available (default TRUE).

Value

A data frame with columns:

date

Date. End of month.

type

Character. Mortgage product type.

rate_pct

Numeric. Quoted rate (percent).

Source

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database/

Examples

# All mortgage rate types since 2015
boe_mortgage_rates(from = "2015-01-01")

# 2-year fixed only
boe_mortgage_rates(type = "2yr_fixed", from = "2020-01-01")

boe documentation built on March 12, 2026, 5:07 p.m.