Appointments

New chairs appointed for FCA panels

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Helen Charlton as the chair of the...

The Nottingham shakes up BDM team

Richard Goodman has joined the Nottingham as a business development manager (BDM) to support...

Fleet appoints new marketing & events manager

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of Sarah Todd as its new marketing &...

Four new hires for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has expanded its team with the appointment of four new hires across...

New senior BDM for Central and Mercantile Trust

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust have appointed a new senior business development manager within...

More2life appoints director of manufacturing and adviser propositions

Equity release lender more2life has announced the appointment of Les Pick to the newly...

Hampshire Trust Bank strengthens development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of a business development director and...

Pepper Money makes NW sales appointment

Pepper Money has added to its sales team with the recruitment of Richard Pugh...

Buckinghamshire BS restructures mortgage sales team

Buckinghamshire Building Society has expanded its mortgage sales team "in response to market conditions". Following its...

Suffolk BS appoints chief operating officer  

Rebecca Newman has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO) at Suffolk Building Society. She...

John Eastgate joins the Nottingham

The Nottingham has announced the appointment of John Eastgate as its new chief lending...

Evolution Money announces new IT director

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of Steve Daly as its new IT director. ...

National Friendly appoints executive head of marketing

Georgia d’Esterre has been appointed to the newly created role of executive head of...

E.surv appoints director of risk and governance

E.surv has announced the appointment of Lisa de-Laune as director of risk and governance. De-Laune...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

Latest news

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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