Sainsbury's Bank accepting offers for its mortgage book was among the top stories this week, as was Coventry Building Society's admission that it made accounting errors which overstated its capital position.
Other top read news included a series of product and criteria changes, including Accord’s amendments to its buy-to-let offering and Metro Bank’s decision to waive fees for existing remortgaging customers.
Accord cuts minimum income and self-employed evidence for buy-to-let
Mortgage lenders unite over ‘unfair and onerous’ new-build estate fees – exclusive
FCA probing equity release and later life lending
ITV documentary fuelled outdated later life views – Access Equity Release
Wales and British Lions rugby star victim in £1m mortgage fraud led by wife
Sainsbury’s Bank taking bids on mortgage book – reports
They ‘pulled out all the stops’ to lend outside of policy – Marketwatch
Coventry BS admits overstating capital position
BM Solutions avoiding limited company as landlords not always getting right advice – Rickards
Metro Bank cuts mortgage fees for product transfers
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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