Inflation ticking up to four per cent and its potential impact on mortgage rates was of interest to readers this week.
Meanwhile, readers have been devouring tales of details of lenders lowering rates this week, with firms including Halifax, Natwest, Santander and Skipton Building Society all cutting prices.
Brokers discussing how the cost of living crisis is impacting protection along with Perenna opening their mortgages to the wider broker market have also met with reader approval.
Halifax reduces rates by 0.45 per cent
Natwest reduces resi and BTL rates by up to 0.79 per cent
Inflation rise ‘blip’ that won’t reverse rate drops but beware swap rises – analysis
Santander and Skipton announce rate cuts; MPowered launches cashback – round-up
Experts predict inflation to fall below two per cent and base rate to drop
How buy-to-let lenders are preparing for the year ahead ‒ Cox
Property market bounces back at start of 2024 ‒ Rightmove
Wage growth data dampening prospects of base rate cuts
Brokers bemoan borrower budgets for protection ‒ analysis
Perenna opens mortgages to wider broker market
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.
