Mortgage pricing, swap rate expectations and further sub-four per cent additions to the market were popular with readers this week.
Sheldon Mills, executive director, consumers and competition at the FCA’s warning for firms to “act now” regarding Consumer Duty with the suggestion that some firms were adopting “avoidance tactics” was of interest.
Secretary of State for Levelling Up’s Michael Gove’s plans to reform leasehold in the next parliamentary session and comments on the buy-to-let market also ranked in the top 10.
Swap rate trends suggest current mortgage pricing is here to stay – Maddox
Halifax and E.surv to offer remote valuation service for select remortgage customers
Santander adds sub-four per cent deal and cuts new business and PT rates
Outlook brightening for buy-to-let mortgages – Standard Chartered Bank
This current stamp duty break is failing to invigorate the market – Bamford
Gove plans to introduce leasehold reform in next parliamentary session
Nationwide teams up with Plain Numbers to enhance member communication
Lender communication top issue for brokers ahead of Consumer Duty
Sub-four per cent deals: which lenders are offering them?
Firms must ‘act now’ as Consumer Duty deadline will not be moved, warns FCA’s Mills
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.
