People moves dominated the headlines this week with Legal and General Mortgage Club’s Craig Hall moving to LSL and Skipton hiring Charlotte Harrison as its mortgage lead.
Readers were also interested in news that a solicitor jailed for falsifying forms and stealing £320,00 in stamp duty. There were also discussions about fixed penalty equity release and criteria changes for EU citizens.
Lender’s product changes also proved popular, with HSBC bringing out it lowest ever fixed rate of 0.94 per cent as well as rate cuts at Halifax and Skipton.
Stamp duty fraudster jailed after stealing £380,000
HSBC launches its lowest ever fixed rate
Halifax and Skipton cut rates across ranges
Precise Mortgages reintroduces high LTV products and adverse credit criteria
Criteria changes for EU citizens have disadvantaged other foreign nationals – Marketwatch
LSL hires L&G Mortgage Club’s Hall as new home financial services director
Skipton appoints Harrison head of mortgages with sights set on top 10 lender ranking
More than a third of borrowers believe they can’t get a mortgage if self-employed
House prices drop for first time since January – Halifax
Halifax updates contractor policy to align with IR35 rules
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.