The news that just 660 retirement interest-only mortgages had been completed since the introduction of the product in March last year caught our readers' attention this week.
Emma Hollingworth’s departure for Mortgage Advice Bureau to Bluestone also drummed up interest, as did the story of Mojo Mortgages partnering with Credit Kudos to develop an app-based affordability scoring service for first-time buyers.
‘I worry about how much more landlords can take’ – Rickards
TMPE2019: Brokers are asking to do execution-only mortgages with us – Accord
Fewer than 700 RIO mortgages given green light
Emma Hollingworth joins Bluestone as sales and marketing director
Mojo Mortgages unveils app-based eligibility scoring service for first-timers
Brokers refute claims of being unwilling to refer cases on – analysis
Lenders ‘all over the place’ on BTL stress testing ‒ analysis
HSBC to invest in mortgages with an eye to doubling UK business
Big banks have driven 400 per cent digital mortgage growth – Land Registry
Aviva lifts equity release repayment restrictions
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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