The upcoming £40bn in remortgage business and its implications for brokers proved popular with readers this week, along with news that Halifax would be launching additional high LTV affordable housing products.
Nationwide’s announcement that it would be releasing Deposit Unlock products, which is a reinsurance-backed mortgage scheme, and an analysis of the scheme also proved of interest to brokers.
HSBC expanding its buy-to-let range to brokers and Natwest pleading guilty to money laundering offences also grabbed readers’ attention.
Brokers urged to gear up for almost £40bn of remortgaging in January
Halifax launches high LTV affordable housing products and ups loan sizes
Nationwide joins new build higher LTV lending scheme
HSBC expands buy-to-let mortgage availability to brokers
Being humble as a novice mortgage adviser will teach you an awful lot – Marketwatch
Natwest pleads guilty to money laundering offences
All the winners of the British Mortgage Awards 2021
Mortgage borrowers could overpay by £2,500 by not shopping around
Barclays ups income multiples at 85 per cent LTV
Deposit Unlock success depends on lenders following Nationwide’s lead ‒ analysis
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.
