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Anna Sagar

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Anna Sagar

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.
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First-time Buyers

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Bank of Mum and Dad benefits are clear for first-time buyers

09/05/2025

First-time Buyers

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Over two million first-time buyers are ‘missing’ from housing market

30/04/2025

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More than two million UK mortgage holders don’t have financial safety net

30/04/2025

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Pandemic coastal and city housing trends have reversed five years on

09/04/2025

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Average mortgage rates stable on last week but two-year fixed rates see biggest cuts year-on-year

31/03/2025

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Extra fifth of first-time buyers to pay stamp duty in April

28/03/2025

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houses

Majority of property transactions are taking 3-4 months to complete, conveyancers say

25/03/2025

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More than half of UK residents see improving energy efficiency of properties as priority

12/03/2025

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mortgage

Mortgage shelf life shrinks and rates fall by largest margin in half a year

12/03/2025

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Bank of Mum and Dad funds one in 10 buyer deposits

07/03/2025

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Mortgage product fees on the rise while cashback, no-fee and legal fee options dwindle

05/03/2025

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Further rate cuts announced by lenders

Halifax cuts select fixed rates and increases First Homes max loan to £1m

05/03/2025

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house prices

Average UK house price could breach £300,000 threshold this year

26/02/2025

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Manchester retakes top spot as best city for buy-to-let investment

21/02/2025

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Mortgage rates fall again as more lenders make cuts

Mortgage rates continue to tick down

05/02/2025

Buy to Let

Around 2.9 million rental homes need £23.4bn spend to meet 2030 energy-efficiency goal

Landlords expected to invest as part of government energy-efficiency plans

01/02/2025

News

Chancellor Rachel Reeves discusses housing manifesto pledges

Reeves ‘genuinely shocked’ at slow planning system but reform on horizon

29/01/2025

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Affordability has improved but many borrowers remain stretched

24/01/2025

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stamp duty

Stamp duty tax receipts reach £14bn

22/01/2025

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Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank change criteria and increase rates

21/01/2025

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