Brokers reporting that lender attitudes to affordability are already starting to change due to big increases in energy bills, along with other cost of living pressures, was among the most read this week.
News that average rates for new mortgages had hit a six-year high, HSBC’s latest video debate on the role of the business development manager and Barclays extending its rate switch windows to 150 days for existing also proved of interest to readers.
Landlord ordered to repay rent after being ‘misled’
Brokers reveal that rising energy bills are already impacting lender attitudes ‒ analysis
Average rates for new mortgages hit six-year high – BoE
Time to reimagine the role of a BDM – HSBC video
Barclays extends rate switch window to 150 days for existing customers
Natwest to refund £600,000 to customers
Former HBOS bosses to face ‘no further action’ over bank’s failings
Overcoming the complex income conundrum – The Loughborough
Older homeowners could free up £469bn by downsizing ‒ Savills
Fraudster letting agent sentenced to 34 months
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.
