Preparations and expectations for what may happen to the property market once the pandemic passes were among the top stories this week as the extension of Help to Buy and a potential drop in UK house prices were reported.
Elsewhere, lenders were cautioned that the ban of the use of credit cards for gambling activity could lead to greater consequences in the mortgage sector.
Mortgage lenders warned over risk from gambling addicts as credit card ban takes effect
Plans to end mortgage holidays must begin now, MPs warned
Govt talking to HBF on Help to Buy, stamp duty and re-opening housing market
Property market among first to reopen after lockdown – reports
Mortgage broker thrown furlough lifeline after new firm stumps up salary
Lender data reveals severity of expected shock to mortgage market
E.surv signs up 14 mortgage lenders to remote valuation service
UK house prices to drop 13 per cent this year, CEBR predicts
‘Brokers will not hurry to use lenders who let them down in this crisis’ – Marketwatch
TSB increases buy-to-let stress rate as Barclays refreshes deals
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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