Predictions that the base rate could hit 3.5 per cent next week, and expectations around future increases next year dominated most read this week.
News that Phil Rickards would step down as BM Solutions head and the Chancellor meeting mortgage lenders to discuss cost of living support also piqued readers’ interest.
Halifax’s house price index also revealed that house prices had recorded its biggest fall since 2008.
Bank rate to fall ‘further and faster’ than expected in 2024 – Capital Economics
BM Solutions head Phil Rickards to step down
Biggest fall in house prices since 2008 – Halifax
Base rate will hit 3.5 per cent next week, expert says
Average mortgage rates will be lower than five per cent at start of next year, expert says
Upcoming BoE hike expected to be 0.5 per cent, experts say
Chancellor meets mortgage lenders to hash out cost of living support
Purplebricks launches mortgage advice firm
Natwest drops rates; Bank of Ireland cuts pricing below five per cent – round-up
Help to Buy housebuilder completion deadline extended by a month
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.
