Appointments

Hope Capital makes two sales hires

Hope Capital has expanded its sales team with a double appointment. Sam Lea has taken...

Whitehall Capital builds team to support growth plans

Whitehall Capital is planning to double its bridging book and has made two strategic...

Health Shield appoints new CEO

Health Shield Friendly Society has announced the appointment of Jacqui Carr as its new...

Aspen Bridging appoints head of credit

Aspen Bridging has promoted Harry Baker to a newly created role of head of...

Alternative Bridging expands sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its field sales operation with the appointment of Jon...

Skipton BS appoints pair of BDMs

Skipton Building Society has appointed Andy Charalambous and James Duffy to its team of...

Reward Finance Group makes two hires in North West

Reward Finance Group has bolstered its Manchester team with the appointment of two new...

New NED joins Twenty7Tec board

Tony Prestedge, former deputy CEO at Santander, has joined the board of Twenty7Tec Group...

Hampshire Trust Bank unveils new asset finance appointment

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Bill Moffat as sales manager within its asset...

More2life makes two key hires

Equity release lender more2life has announced the appointment of Graham Munday as in-house lead...

TMA Club hires key account manager

TMA Club has announced the appointment of Ronnie Molloy as key account manager. As part...

Bluestone expands Sheffield-based sales team

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the expansion of its sales team in Sheffield. Nik Sukara has...

UTB appoints senior underwriter to asset finance credit team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has recruited underwriter Rob Irving to its asset finance credit...

Alice Altemaire rejoins UTB board

Alice Altemaire, CEO of RCI Bank UK, part of Renault’s Group captive bank, has...

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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