Rising buy-to-let rates and fees as well as calls from brokers for borrowers to not pull applications after income tax U-turn on Monday were the most read this week.
Leeds Building Society’s Richard Fearon’s comments that the governments need to “reinstill confidence and credibility” with its next Budget and Hampden and Co’s chief executive Graeme Hartop’s interview stating that he was keen to work with more brokers piqued readers’ interest.
Santander dropping its judicial review into the Financial Ombudsman’s request to look at historical Standard Variable Rate also proved popular.
Buy-to-let mortgage rates and fees spike favouring equity rich investors
Foundation relaunches buy-to-let range
Brokers name best lenders for withdrawal communications ‒ analysis
Brokers urge borrowers not to pull applications after income tax U-turn – analysis
HSBC cuts mortgage rates for switching customers by up to 0.4 per cent
Santander drops judicial review into FOS about historic SVR changes
Surge in mortgage arrears and repossessions ‘unavoidable’ but banks will survive – Capital Economics
Hampden and Co CEO: ‘We’re keen to meet with mortgage brokers’
‘We can play our part, but the government needs to play theirs’ ‒ Fearon
Consumer Duty challenge: Five ways to improve client communication – MorganAsh
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.
