The news that Tandem Bank was scaling back its first charge lending and had made the team redundant was the most read story this week.
Other stories that caught our readers’ eyes were the regulator’s proposals for mortgage adviser fees for the year ahead and Family Building Society’s view on the role income has to play when considering and recommending lifetime mortgages.
Morris leaves Tandem Bank as first charge team issued redundancies
New rules for mortgage lenders as quarter of Brits struggle with cost-of-living crisis
HSBC to lower rates
FCA mortgage adviser levy increases to £23m
Broker firm revenue to breach £2.5bn by 2030
Nationwide BS partners with Acre
‘Madness’ to not consider income for lifetime mortgage – Family BS
MHBS hires Smith as distribution head
Santander UK cancels Lending Standards Board membership
Stamp duty reform most needed for downsizers and BTL landlords – poll results
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
Follow her on Twitter at @ShekinaMS
