Prime minister Boris Johnson’s proposals around extending Right to Buy to housing association and giving people the ability to use housing benefits to make mortgage payments was the most popular story amongst readers.
Halifax’s latest house price report pegging annual growth at 10 per cent and indicating a slowdown, as well as analyses around the buy-to-let market and four-day working weeks also piqued readers’ interest.
Boris Johnson to extend Right to Buy and allow housing benefit for mortgage payments – reports
Johnson launches mortgage market review and confirms Right to Buy extension and benefit changes
Specialist lenders and building societies are shaking up the BTL market – Armstrong
Lenders should improve withdrawal process and work with brokers – Simpson
Buy-to-let market may be shifting, but it isn’t broken, say brokers
HSBC confirms agenda for emerging talent event
Openwork announces senior management shake up
Annual property price growth over 10 per cent but signs of market slowdown – Halifax
How a four-day week for busy mortgage advisers with no downsides might work
Mortgage activity falls in Q1 but market expected to ‘remain relatively robust’ – UK Finance
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.
