Lender developments were the focus this week, as Natwest announcing it was working on application programming interfaces (API) and Yorkshire Building Society extending its mortgages to 40 years were some of the most read articles this week.
Broker firm London and Country partnering with price comparison site Comparethemarket.com was also of interest, as was the news that first-time buyers getting on to the property ladder through the Help to Buy scheme were paying up to a 20 per cent premium on new build homes.
First-time buyers stung by 20 per cent Help to Buy premium
Brokers still not using suitability letters ‘scares me’ – Jannels
Yorkshire Building Society lengthens mortgage terms to 40 years
Council launches possession proceedings for home of disgraced football chairman
‘We’re losing at least 25 per cent of product transfer business’ – Marketwatch
NatWest: APIs are coming but it takes time
London & Country teams up with Comparethemarket.com
Skipton launches Open Banking-based paperless mortgage applications
Mortgage rates favour FTBs with large deposits as 95 per cent LTV rates rise
Banned landlord fined after threatening tenant
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
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