Appointments

Two new recruits at Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new underwriter and a case manager. Robert Seymour has...

OneFamily appoints director of intermediaries and partnerships

OneFamily has announced the appointment of Alan Waddington as its new director of intermediaries...

Saxon Trust appoints head of sales & marketing

Saxon Trust has announced the appointment of Brian West as its new head of sales...

Vida strengthens team with three new appointments

Vida has announced a number of key appointments to its senior team. Helen Cawthra has...

Leeds BS appoints director of mortgage distribution

Leeds Building Society has appointed Martese Carton to the newly-created role of director of...

New chair announced for OneFamily

OneFamily has announced that its chair of nearly seven years, Christina McComb, is to...

Assetz Capital boosts Northern origination team

Assetz Capital has promoted two staff members to strengthen its growing origination team in...

Upton to lead HTB’s development finance division

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is expanding its development finance proposition to nearly double to...

Pepper Money appoints head of sales for second charge mortgages

Pepper Money has promoted Tom Whitney to the position of head of sales for...

Enra appoints ex-Loans Engine boss as programme manager

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Ryan McGrath as its new programme manager to deliver...

Brilliant Solutions promotes for new head of key accounts role

Ivan Vizor has been promoted to the newly formed role of head of key...

Skipton BS appoints first female chair

Skipton Building Society is appointing Gwyn Burr as its new chair, subject to regulatory...

Castle Trust Bank appoints director of proposition & strategy

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Anna Lewis to the newly created role of director of...

Darlington BS bolsters executive team

Darlington Building Society has appointed two new executive team members from within its own...

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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