Susan Essex

Susan Essex

Mortgage Introducer

Susan Essex

Journalist

8 years experience

Susan's specialty topics

UK property and housing market data Homebuyer affordability and household costs Mortgage and property feature writing

Susan is a researcher and journalist at Key Media, primarily focusing on Insurance Business UK, Canada and the US with experience working for InvestmentNews and Human Resources Director. For Mortgage Introducer, she writes data-driven and feature pieces on UK property costs, homebuyer affordability, and the everyday questions that come with buying and owning a home.

Before moving into journalism, Susan built a career across research, executive support, estate agency, and sales, giving her a commercial mindset alongside a strong ability to connect with people. She previously managed a research team, overseeing workflow, quality control, and output delivery across multiple projects.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Property and mortgage stories work best when they answer the question someone was already asking, whether that's how their council tax compares to the next town over, or whether their new windows are actually safe. I like doing the digging so the reader doesn't have to.”

Also published by

Insurance Business UK · Insurance Business Canada · Insurance Business America · Human Resources Director · InvestmentNews · Canadian HR Reporter

Read the latest stories by Susan

Council Tax by Town: Full 2026 Rankings vs House Value

Mortgage Introducer's analysis of 295 English councils finds Burnley pays the most council tax relative to home value, and Westminster the least. Full rankings.

Council Tax by Town: Full 2026 Rankings vs House Value

Apparently your clients’ eco-friendly windows may set fire to next door. Naturally, I had questions.

Green technology setting fire to the neighbours sounded far too good to be made up. So I checked. It isn't. And it turns out to matter more to mortgage professionals than you'd think.

Apparently your clients’ eco-friendly windows may set fire to next door. Naturally, I had questions.

Mum and dad say home buying in the 1980s was harder. They're wrong. Sort of

New data reignites a row UK mortgage brokers have every single day. Was it really tougher when rates were 15%?

Mum and dad say home buying in the 1980s was harder. They're wrong. Sort of

Uh-oh. Are you lower-value human capital?

AI is coming for us – should we be scared?

Uh-oh. Are you lower-value human capital?

It's not Trump v Khamenei — it's Starmer v Burnham: Why UK property prices are suffering

As Middle East tensions ease and US–Iran peace talks inch forward, the dominant force bearing down on the UK prime property market is not a foreign adversary. It is the Labour Party tearing itself apart on the road to Makerfield

It's not Trump v Khamenei — it's Starmer v Burnham: Why UK property prices are suffering

How broker carved out a niche in expat mortgages

When Luther Yeates left his Cornish roots for university in Bristol, he didn't set out with a clear plan to revolutionise the expat mortgage market

How broker carved out a niche in expat mortgages

MAIN Mortgage & Insurance Needs celebrates 20 years of growth, grit, and community roots

From its beginnings as a solo startup, firm has grown to be a thriving brokerage

MAIN Mortgage & Insurance Needs celebrates 20 years of growth, grit, and community roots