Expectations around mortgage pricing ranked highest on most read this week, with Rose Capital Partners’ founder Richard Campo saying five-year fixed rates would not fall to a predicted 3.5 per cent, but instead settle at four to 4.5 per cent.
The buy-to-let market proved of interest to readers, with comments around rent freezes and eviction bans, Section 21 eviction notice use and expectations for the year ranked highly in our most read this week.
The London School of Economics’ report on mortgage prisoners, showing that the government has made £2.4bn in surplus from mortgage prisoner portfolio sales, also piqued readers’ interest.
Mortgage rates have ‘bottomed out’, says Rose Capital Partners founder
Rent freeze and eviction ban will be ‘final nail’ for landlords – Star Letter 24/02/2023
Santander lowers affordability rate for retained properties
Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank up mortgage variable revert rates
Section 21 notice use increases by over a third
Nationwide ditches sub-four per cent mortgages as swap rates rise
Four-day week ‘would not work for mortgage market’ ‒ analysis
Government made £2.4bn in surplus from mortgage prisoner portfolio sales
What buy-to-let landlords can expect for the rest of 2023 – Seddons
Skipton BS cuts rates and adds products
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.
