Appointments

Foundation welcomes back regional account manager

Foundation Home Loans has announced the return of Jack Gerasimov as a regional account...

Aspen appoints graduates into underwriter roles

Aspen Bridging has appointed Richard Tweddle and Sinead McMurray as underwriters via its graduate...

HTB makes two senior specialist mortgage appointments

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made two senior appointments within its specialist mortgages team: head...

Time Finance appoints head of marketing

Time Finance has announced that Kate Brown has taken up a new role within...

CSS appoints associate director of corporate relationships

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has appointed Jayne Coppinger as associate director of corporate relationships. Coppinger...

Castle Trust Bank appoints new BDM

Castle Trust Bank has added to its sales team with the recruitment of Ashley...

Second charge lender unveils new CEO

Spring Finance has revealed that Gavin Diamond will be joining as its new chief...

New leader at the helm of Equity Release Associates

Sara Robinson, director of adviser services at Equity Release Associates (ERA), is to take...

The Mortgage Lender promotes pair to key roles

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has promoted Charlie Stack and Anum Mahmood to key account...

Assetz Capital reappoints relationship director

Specialist lender Assetz Capital has reappointed relationship director Jonathan Kirk. Based in Yorkshire, Kirk...

Generation Home appoints commercial director

Generation Home has appointed Pete Dockar as commercial director. He joins from Virgin Money, where...

Newcastle Intermediaries appoints national sales manager

Mark Wilkinson has been promoted to national sales manager at Newcastle Intermediaries following three...

Uinsure welcome two non-executive directors

Uinsure has announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors. Dan Wright joins as non-executive...

Vida appoints chief risk officer 

Vida has announced the appointment of Fraser McNeill as chief risk officer (CRO) and...

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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