Sabrina Hall's Media Coverage
The Intermediary
Brokers share most bizarre reasons why borrowers refuse life cover - The Intermediary - Latest UK mortgage news“The Government will pay the mortgage” & “smoking is not bad for you”, are among the strangest reasons why borrowers have refused life cover.
FTAdviser
Govt cannot expect people to pay mortgage if ministers struggleBrokers have questioned how the government expects households to cope with increased mortgage costs if minsters themselves are struggling.
Protection Reporter
Your views: Could less competition strip support from customers that fall outside of theIn the last six months, the individual protection market has lost Canda Life, Aegon, and now AIG Life UK, leaving advisers concerned about the future of innovation.
Mortgage Solutions
Koodoo can do a CeMAP but AI can’t replace brokers...or can it?Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise mortgage advice, brokers have suggested, but that will come through supporting advisers rather than replacing them.
The Intermediary
Brokers note lack of leads and activity in AugustAugust is normally a quiet month for lead generation and activity in the mortgage industry and this year has proved no different for most brokers.
Mortgage Solutions
Press, government, Bank of England: who do brokers blame for mortgage crisis?The media, the government and the Bank of England have all come under fire by mortgage brokers for their role in contributing to the ongoing difficulties in the mortgage market.
IFA Magazine
TSB gives brokers 25 minutes’ notice of rate changes – reactionBrokers have not been impressed by receiving an email from TSB Intermediary today at 12:35pm, announcing rates would be increasing by as much as 0.20% at... 13:
Protection Reporter
Your views: should personal finance commentators like Martin Lewis have advice permissions?A look at whether MoneySavingExpert’s Martin Lewis should have advice permissions - with views from the adviser community.
IFA Magazine
Paul Lewis responds to mortgage brokers about comments in The i Paper - brokers reactEarlier this week, IFA Magazine reported on the reactions of many mortgage brokers to comments made by the well-known financial journalist, Paul Lewis, in The
Mortgage Solutions
Mortgage pricing: where are we now and what can we expect?Average rates for two and five-year fixed rates remain above five per cent, but brokers expect that the range of mortgage pricing could come down to three to four per cent this year.
This Is Money
Mortgage brokers undergo mental health training as rates riseOf adults who reported difficulty in affording rent or mortgage payments, 27% had moderate to severe depressive symptoms, according to the ONS.
Financial Reporter
Mortgage brokers undergoing mental health training ahead of recessionNewspage asked brokers what they’re doing to help support clients who may be struggling emotionally as well as financially.
IFA Magazine
Mental Health training and mortgage advice: brokers going above and beyond to support clients’ needsYesterday, IFA Magazine highlighted the responses of a number of brokers to a report which linked depression to the cost of living crisis - including mortgage w
The Intermediary
Mental health training and mortgage advice: How are brokers supporting struggling clients?A report published by the ONS earlier this week revealed a clear link between depression and people struggling with mortgage and rent payments, energy bills, and increased personal debt.
The Intermediary
Bank of Ireland to cuts 5-year fixed mortgage rates to start at 4.65%The move has been widely welcomed by brokers who have seen the market fluctuate widely in the months since the ill-fated Prime Ministership of Liz Truss.
IFA Magazine
Brokers reveal which types of borrower will struggle to get mortgages in 2023As lenders tighten their criteria due to rising rates, reduced affordability amid the cost of living crisis and the prospect of a long recession ahead, free PR
Financial Reporter
What are the options for borrowers remortgaging in negative equity?Brokers discuss the impact of a reduction in house prices moving into 2023.
Your Money
Seven options if you’re coming to the end of your mortgage fixHomeowners are rightly concerned about the pace of rising interest rates and if you’re one of the two million households whose mortgage deal expires soon, here are seven options you can take.
Financial Reporter
Energy price cap could bolster housing demand, brokers predictFollowing Liz Truss’s energy price cap announcement last week, some brokers have suggested that property market activity may start to tick up again now that people know what’s happening with their utility...
Your Money
Will more lenders pause mortgage applications amid ‘overwhelming demand’? - Your MoneyA number of lenders have paused new mortgage business due to overwhelming demand as interest rates rise. Will more follow?
Sunday Mirror
Home owners face £5,000 a year mortgage hikes - with repossessions doublingRocketing interest rates could double this year’s projections for repossessions to 24,000 by 2024 according to an economic consultancy’s analysis of latest Bank of England figures
Mortgage Solutions
Managing expectations - and admin - could ease remortgage logjamRising interest rates has driven demand for mortgage products, but brokers say remortgage applications are taking longer than ever.
Mortgage Solutions
How the emergence of ‘rightsizers’ is driving some specialist brokersBorrowers are turning to bridging and equity release as they seek solutions to the challenge of ‘rightsizing’.