The Financial Policy Committee’s decision to withdraw the affordability stress test from August was the most popular story this week.
It was introduced in 2014 and required lenders to calculate if a borrower could repay a mortgage if the rate was three per cent above the reversion rate.
Pictures from the annual Association of Mortgage Intermediaries dinner, along with news that the government will not intervene with unmortgageable Green Grant spray foam homes, also piqued readers interest.
FPC to withdraw mortgage affordability stress test from August
AMI Dinner 2022: the night in pictures
Government will ‘not intervene’ with unmortgageable Green Grant spray foam homes
Borrowers rush to pay exit fees and lock into new mortgages as interest rates climb
Santander and Platform withdraw products – round-up
Proportunity to launch zero deposit mortgage product
Barclays to acquire Kensington Mortgages
Eleventh-hour mortgage changes can be rationalised but better management needed – Hunt
DIFF: Let’s not try to fix neurodivergent people – Brook Graham
Short-term affordability challenges initially outweigh benefit of stress test removal – Toumadj
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.
