Further rate cuts by high street lenders, including HSBC and Nationwide, were among the most read this week as sub-four per cent deals returned to the market.
Our interview with Mortgage Wales, along with brokers thoughts on January activity also ranked in the most read.
The Treasury interviewing key lenders about mortgage pricing and Skipton’s business restructure to create two new entities were popular with readers.
Nationwide slashes rates by up to 0.75 per cent
‘We have set up a brokerage specifically for mortgage advisers’ – Mortgages Wales
Brokers report ‘record breaking’ activity levels in January ‒ analysis
HSBC launches sub-four per cent deal and Foundation Home Loans cuts rates – round-up
The base rate is currently ‘too high’, says MPC’s Tenreyro
Big bank bosses grilled over rates, Consumer Duty and climate change
Halifax embeds EPC data, extends green mortgage cashback and tweaks affordability
L&C Mortgages appoints Harrington as chief operating officer
Skipton Building Society splits into two businesses with new CEOs
Another base rate rise ‘more likely than a cut or hold’ – Bank of England
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.
