{"id":28893,"date":"2025-03-18T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2025\/03\/18\/now-heres-a-golden-anniversary-worth-celebrating\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:30:57","slug":"now-heres-a-golden-anniversary-worth-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2025\/03\/18\/now-heres-a-golden-anniversary-worth-celebrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Now here\u2019s a golden anniversary worth celebrating!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>It\u2019s 2025 and we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act which, amongst other measures, made it possible for women to get a mortgage without a man\u2019s countersignature.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>It\u2019s a great time to reflect on how far we have come in promoting financial equality between the sexes. In recent years, we have seen further strides. For example, the number of primary (or sole) female mortgage applicants increased from 29% in 2017 to 33% in 2021<sup>1<\/sup>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>It\u2019s also a good time to consider the work still to be done&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The gender pay gap, which although narrowing, with many women needing a higher multiple of their annual salary to be able to purchase a home versus men, still presents a home ownership barrier to many women.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Combine this with the cost-of-living and higher mortgage interest rates over the last few years, and it is unsurprising that many women feel that getting a mortgage is just as out of reach as it was in the 1970s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Advice is key<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Don\u2019t be downhearted about your mortgage prospects \u2013 we are here to help you explore your options and ensure you have access to all the advice and information you need to make financial decisions with confidence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Habito, 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>As a mortgage is secured against your home or property, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up mortgage repayments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 2025 and we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act which, amongst other measures, made it possible for women to get a mortgage without a man\u2019s countersignature.&nbsp; It\u2019s a great time to reflect on how far we have come in promoting financial equality between the sexes. In recent years, we have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,91],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28899,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28893\/revisions\/28899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28893"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=28893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}