Appointments

Allica Bank expands care home commercial mortgage banking team

Allica Bank is growing its specialist care home commercial mortgage banking team with the...

Pure Retirement appoints CFO

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Eleanor Thornhill as its new chief financial...

Alternative Bridging hires internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its sales operation with the appointment of a new...

Foundation promotes pair to senior regional account manager positions

Foundation Home Loans has announced the promotions of Keith Jones and Katie Quigley to...

HTB makes vehicle asset finance hire

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Scott Riley as sales manager, specialist cars and...

UTB makes three property development sales appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed three new property development directors and managers. Neil Birse...

360 Dotnet appoints strategic relationships director

David Smith has joined 360 Dotnet as its strategic relationships director. Smith (pictured) has over...

Paragon appoints customer retention and partnerships director

Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Russell Anderson as customer retention and partnerships director...

Tenet appoints pair of new regional business managers

Tenet Group has appointed two new regional business managers to support its continued growth. Julie...

Aldermore makes retail mortgage team hire

Aldermore bank has appointed Alice Pocock as its new relationship manager for the South...

Allica Bank extends care home banking team

Allica Bank is growing its specialist care home commercial mortgage banking team with the...

Quantum Mortgages appoints key account manager

Paul Ormonde has joined specialist buy-to-let lender Quantum Mortgages as key account manager. Ormonde has over 20 years...

West One appoints new national account manager

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has appointed Jez Quinn as national account manager in...

SortRefer appoints new BDM

SortRefer has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) for the South Central region. Wesley...

COMMENT

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Latest news

Higher mortgage rates put buyers in driving seat as sales fall

Higher mortgage rates have pushed buyers firmly into the driving seat, with agreed sales...

Stent to take over as MAB finance chief as Imlach leaves board

Mortgage Advice Bureau has confirmed Jo Stent will become group chief financial officer and...

Virgin Money raises residential fixed rates by up to 0.20%

Virgin Money is increasing a range of residential purchase, remortgage and product transfer fixed...

Government commits to licensing property agents but detail remains unclear

The government has committed to mandatory licensing and qualifications for property agents as part...

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