Appointments

Hodge appoints mortgages MD

Hodge has made changes to its mortgage team. Ryan Davies has been appointed as the...

Alternative Bridging Corporation makes board appointment

James Bloom has been appointed to the board of short-term lender Alternative Bridging Corporation,...

Openwork appoints chief commercial officer

Openwork has created the new role of chief commercial officer (CCO). Mike Morrow has been...

Securitisation and new MD for Keystone

Keystone Property Finance has completed its first-ever securitisation. The £400m securitisation, Hops Hill No.1 PLC,...

Loans Warehouse grows bridging team

Loans Warehouse has appointed Greg Chase to its short-term finance team. Chase was most recently...

CSF makes development finance underwriting hire

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Adam Tauber as a specialist underwriter for development...

Coventry for Intermediaries appoints business development team manager

Coventry for Intermediaries has appointed Mark Simpkins as business development team manager. He will a...

TRM appoints general insurance head

Amy Wilson has been appointed as head of general insurance at The Right Mortgage...

Redbook appoints business development manager

Redwood Bank has appointed Sonia Mann as a business development manager. Mann (pictured) worked for 18 years...

New role for Corker at Knowledge Bank

Knowledge Bank has announced the promotion of Matthew Corker to the position of operations...

Philip George becomes Equifinance NED

Specialist second charge lender Equifinance has announced the appointment of Philip George, as a...

Loans Warehouse appoints secured loans ops director

Nick Rember is to join Loans Warehouse on 18 January in the newly created...

New BDM at The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender has appointed Helen Linnen as business development manager for South Wales...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints risk and compliance director

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has appointed John Baguley as director of risk and compliance. Baguley...

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Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Croydon tops list of most in-demand locations among UK homebuyers

Croydon has emerged as the most popular location for homebuyers across the UK, according...

Newcastle cuts 95% LTV rates and improves cashback terms for first-time buyers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its 95% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgage range, cutting...

Word On The Street appoints first broker

Word On The Street, the specialist property finance brokerage, has appointed Ben Hartley as...

Younger generations look to pensions and property for retirement security

Millennials and Generation Z are increasingly turning to both pensions and property to secure...