Plans from Skipton Building Society to bring out a mortgage for people who are struggling to raise a deposit due to constraints from high rents.
The company said that it would help people “trapped in rental cycles” and improve access to the property ladder.
Speculation about interest rates, mortgage pricing and importance of accountants for self-employed brokers also made up the top 10 most read.
Skipton BS to launch mortgage for people ‘trapped in rental cycle’
Interest rates likely to fall back to pre-pandemic levels, says IMF
Customers warned of ‘ambulance-chasing’ firms promising stamp duty refunds
More rate cuts for small deposit borrowers on the way – Rightmove
Accountants ‘worth the money’ for self-employed brokers ‒ analysis
LSL’s total gross mortgage lending rises 11 per cent YOY to £45.6bn
BTL 2023: Limited company and SPV use growing in ‘popularity’
Lenders report rise in defaults in Q1 – BoE
Leeds BS adds high LTV products to range
How will the stamp duty cut impact affordability issues and market activity? – Jefferies
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.
