Appointments

OnLadder appoints pre-launch consultant

OnLadder has announced the appointment of James Bishop as a consultant to the business. ...

Buckinghamshire BS unveils new hires

Buckinghamshire Building Society has expanded its mortgage sales and processing teams. Matt McDougall, previously...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance hires London portfolio and structuring director

Secure Trust Bank has expanded its commercial finance arm, with the appointment of Stuart...

SoMo makes four appointments

SoMo Bridging has added to its growing team with four new appointments including an...

Hodge appoints chief people officer

Gareth Thomas has joined Hodge’s executive team as its chief people officer. Thomas (pictured)...

New Paymentshield role for Brian Coulton

General insurance provider Paymentshield has created a new strategic partnerships manager role to manage...

Monument Bank appoints chief of staff

Monument Bank has announced the appointment of Anita Maclean as its chief of staff. ...

LV= appoints chief executive

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has announced the appointment of David Hynam as...

UTB hires new bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Jack Heath as business development manager (BDM) as...

Air Academy appoints chairman

Later life services platform, Air, has announced the appointment of Jon Dunckley as chairman...

Alternative Bridging appoints head of sales for London & SE

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Phodis Maratheftis to head of sales, London & South...

Catalyst appoints non-executive director

Specialist property lender, Catalyst, has appointed Darren Frias-Robles as a new non-executive director (NED). Frias-Robles...

Assetz Capital appoints Midlands based ‘originator’

Assetz Capital has expanded its origination team with the appointment of experienced finance professional...

CrowdProperty appoints associate

CrowdProperty has announced the appointment of Martin Bray as an associate, heading up its...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

Latest news

Trade bodies welcome first-time buyer scheme but call for careful design

Mortgage trade bodies have welcomed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme, while warning...

Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

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