Moves among the industry's top brass were among our most read stories this week, from Steve Hughes' switch as CEO of Principality into the same role at Coventry, to Richard Merrett's step from Largemortgageloans.com to SimplyBiz Mortgages.
The news that Lloyds Banking Group was the lender referred to by the Ministry of Justice as being behind the spike in mortgage repossessions also piqued readers’ interest.
Santander’s background BTL criteria change leaves brokers puzzled
Lloyds Banking Group behind repossessions spike
Richard Merrett joins SimplyBiz Mortgages
Halifax cuts broker-only fixed rate to market’s lowest
Fraudster misses out on £56k RTB discount and loses home
Principality boss heads for CEO role at Coventry BS
Moody’s cuts UK banking system outlook to negative
Mortgage brokers vote Halifax and Accord Mortgages best lenders
End of Help to Buy ‘a major challenge’ – UK Finance
Rising property wealth among over 55s may provide boon for equity release ‒ ERC
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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