Green mortgages, energy efficiency and net zero, collectively known as the green agenda, have been rising up the priority list for the mortgage market.
Brokers and lenders are increasingly having to embed conversations about energy efficiency and green with customers, with pressure on lenders to create innovative solutions to improve energy efficiency of properties.
The majority of deals reward properties with an already high EPC rating with a better rate, but innovative solutions are beginning to come out into the market.
Coventry Building Society’s green further advance deals and Nationwide’s zero per cent green additional borrowing deal are two such examples.
The government is also ploughing funding into the area, with its Green Home Finance Accelerator.
However, have lenders really taken on the green efficiency baton and started properly sprinting with it, or are we at the start of a long marathon. This month, Mortgage Solutions, is asking if, in the last 12 months have lenders progressed plans to help improve the energy efficiency of existing homes?
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.
