# Sarah Coles

Head of Personal Finance, AJ Bell

Sarah is head of personal finance at AJ Bell.

She is an award-winning former financial journalist, spending almost 20 years working for publications from Bloomberg to Moneywise and AOL Money.

Sarah has worked as a financial spokesperson for the past nine years, co-hosting a podcast, appearing on air for everyone from BBC Breakfast to Radio 4, Times Radio and the Which? Podcast.

She has also written articles for publications from The Yorkshire Post to Yahoo, The Mail on Sunday and The i Paper.

Most recently Sarah won Headlinemoney’s expert of the year award in 2025.

Profile: https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42

Photo: https://expert-hub-media.pamedia.io/experthub/profile/profile-9T8Jx5jsh7g6pAeukGvofH.jpeg?w=1200&dpr=2

## Views

- [‘Gathering dark clouds’ for the property market with 0% growth for house prices](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/8aacd83da21621d8)
- [NS&I boosts rates on British Savings Bonds to reflect changes in wider market](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/6a487fea04482af1)
- [Annual rate of UK house price growth halved in September, says Nationwide](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/e613c744911ab2e5)
- [Home buyers being more cautious amid mortgage rate hikes, property experts say](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/d5ea5adf0893cce3)
- [Interest rates held at 3.75% but Bank warns Iran war could mean future hike](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/1fc487dc0a3e9169)
- [Interest rates held at 3.75% but Bank warns Iran war could mean future hike](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/27419935179a9ae7)
- [Annual house price growth slows but private rent increases accelerate](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/c44283648fc128be)
- [Average UK house price falls annually for first time since 2023 – Lloyds](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/5ca8373b0636dcd9)
- [Home-buyer mortgage approvals fall to lowest level in more than two years](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/fff564e773447e71)
- [Average UK house price edged up by 0.2% in August, says Nationwide](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/3e264fdf6735900f)
- [UK home sales stagnant last month but housing market shows ‘resilience’](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/4bec9f0e701c5a4b)
- [Government collects record capital gains tax as 181,000 more pay up](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/42/views/9abe8d3befe4ab84)