A warning from a complaints management firm that it was receiving more broker enquiries about two-year fixed mortgage complaints was among top most read this week.
Jencap Partners’ managing director said the number of mortgage complaints and claims would “inevitably increase, regardless of whether they have merit”.
A presentation from Danny Belton, head of lender relationships at Legal and General Mortgage Club, at the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) mortgage conference noting that brokers could be the biggest threat to themselves proved popular amongst readers.
Expectations around the base rate and mortgage pricing also piqued reader interest, as well as rate changes at HSBC, The Mortgage Works and Santander.
Average mortgage rates continue to fall with largest cuts at high LTV tiers – Rightmove
Warning of rise in complaints around two-year fixed rate mortgages
HSBC brings out cashback remortgage deals and cuts rates
TMW slashes BTL rates by up to 0.5 per cent
Base rate to fall by winter – EY Item Club
BTL 2023: ‘Inevitable’ that buy-to-let cases will become more complex
The biggest threat to mortgage brokers is themselves – Belton
Santander reduces BTL and remortgage rates
Nearly 150,000 landlords retire from the market with more expected
The ‘broken’ housing market must be removed from government’s hands – Bamford
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.
