The Financial Conduct Authority releasing its final rules and guidelines for Consumer Duty was amongst top read for this week.
The proposals have wide ranging ramifications on the mortgage space, including product design, distribution and customer communication to name a few.
The news that Habito was making some of its mortgage advisers and support staff redundant, and that Sesame Bankhall’s Michele Golunska will leave the firm to rejoin Aviva was also of interest to readers.
Habito makes unconfirmed number of mortgage adviser and support staff redundant – exclusive
Consumer Duty: Rip-off SVR mortgages banned by FCA
Sesame Bankhall’s Michele Golunska to depart and return to Aviva
CMA orders Monzo to share customer transaction data for mortgage and loan applications
First-time buyer hurdles grow as house prices and rents soar – Rightmove
FCA Consumer Duty final rules and guidance
New-build homebuyers could be exposed to Japanese knotweed due to legal loophole
MAB primes for cooled but healthy mortgage market as revenue rises to £95m
HSBC and TSB raise mortgage rates – round-up
Merger talks between L&C and Habito end – reports
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.
