Each week Mortgage Solutions and its sister title, Specialist Lending Solutions, pick the top comments from our readers.
This week’s first comment is on the story: Government should reverse BTL legislative changes that are ‘harming landlords’‒ Star Letter 20/10/2023
David Goose said: “I find it hard to believe that the government is legally allowed to tax a business on its gross income, not its net profits. The tax they levy then puts the property into making a loss, so should landlords then be able to claim back tax relief on those losses?
“As far as I am aware every other business would be able to offset losses, so why not. Also, do we know of any other business that it taxed on its gross income? Is Sainsburys? Is Tesco? Is Google?”
Borrowers don’t choose shared ownership twice
This week’s second comment is in response to: ‘Flawed’ shared ownership still offers crucial help to FTBs ‒ analysis
Arron190 said: “Many pursue shared ownership to ‘own’ a home and stop being a tenant, but they are still a tenant; and, despite only owning a percentage of the property, they pay for 100 per cent of its upkeep.
“The best evidence of its weakness is that very few people staircase up and almost none choose the scheme twice.”
The comments here are from our readers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions.
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.
