News that the Co-operative Bank and Coventry Building Society had reached non-binding terms for a £780m cash acquisition was the most read this week.
Mark Harrington being appointed the permanent chief executive of fee-free mortgage broker L&C, along with Santander adding buy-to-let trackers and lowering rates, ranked highly in most read.
Insight from our bloggers on how to avoid potential survey mistakes, the high loan-to-value (LTV) market and first-time buyers and mortgage networks and the specialist market also made the list of most read broker stories.
Co-op Bank and Coventry BS reach non-binding terms for £780m cash acquisition
L&C appoints Harrington as CEO
Santander adds BTL trackers and cuts rates
‘Negative’ outlook for UK housing targets, says Morningstar DBRS
Britain’s most expensive street with average £9.6m price tag revealed
The Mortgage Lender appoints Jones as BDM
Don’t let clients make a potentially costly survey mistake – Stead
A healthy 95%-plus mortgage market is what first-time buyers need – Bamford
Networks can’t afford to ignore the specialist market – Rees
Cost of living pours cold water over first-time buyer plans – Nationwide
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.
