The mortgage charter and its associated measures to support struggling borrowers dominated the most read this week.
Around 85 per cent of lenders have signed the government charter, with measures including being able to contact a lender without it impacting their credit file and ability to extend mortgage term or switch to interest-only deals to lower payments.
Mortgage rates continuing to climb and the impact on borrower behaviour were also among the most read.
Majority of UK lenders sign government mortgage charter
Nationwide updates rate switch cancellation policy
Homeowners could be hit with £14k bill to improve EPC rating
Mortgage rates escalate with two-year fixed rates hit hardest – Rightmove
Borrowers picking mortgage products ‘with view to binning them later’ ‒ analysis
Over a million at risk of insolvency this year due to rate hikes
Lenders will offer 12-month grace period before repossessions – reports
Letting agent jailed over £138k fraud
Nationwide to up fixed and tracker rates; BOI withdraws bespoke resi rates ‒ round-up
One in five landlords will spend over £500k to meet upcoming EPC standards
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.
