This week news was dominated by half of the big six lenders making changes to their mortgage offerings, with HSBC withdrawing 95 per cent loan to value (LTV) deals while Nationwide and Halifax brought maximum lending back to 85 per cent LTV.
Other most read stories took a look at the state of the mortgage market, with news that approvals had dropped significantly, and the suggestion that low interest rates would help the sector to recover once the worst of the pandemic passes.
Halifax and Nationwide relaunch 85 per cent deals
Mortgage rates must be kept low for housing market recovery – Rightmove
Mortgage approvals to drop by 350,000 in 2020 – Knight Frank
HSBC removes 95 per cent LTV deals from sale
Coronavirus will prove tipping point in valuations – Countrywide
‘Challenging a valuation is akin to reinventing the wheel’ – poll results
Taylor Wimpey to reopen building sites
Richard Branson offers to mortgage Caribbean island to save Virgin Atlantic
Landlords ‘preparing for bargain house prices’ after coronavirus
BM Solutions adds PTs for landlords on payment holiday
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.
Follow her on Twitter at @ShekinaMS
