Appointments

New FLA chair announced

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced the appointment of Rebecca McNeil as...

UTB appoints asset finance head of sales

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Astrid Michael as its new head of sales...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires new head of underwriting

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added to its underwriting team with the recruitment of Robin...

More new appointments at Signature Property Finance

Short-term lender Signature Property Finance has announced a series of new appointments, as it...

Three new hires for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has made three new appointments. The lender's sales team has been joined by...

Yorkshire Building Society appoints NED

Yorkshire Building Society has announced that Jennelle Tilling has joined its board as non-executive...

Fleet appoints senior BDM for central London

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new senior business development manager (BDM)...

HLPartnership appoints in-house protection guru

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Steve Fallon as its in-house protection expert to...

SFC creates senior management roles following restructure

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced a staffing restructure and the internal promotion of...

New NED at the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has announced that Anita Tadayon has become its its newest non-executive...

UTB boosts asset finance operations team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has expanded its asset finance operations team with four new...

eConveyancer boosts sales team

eConveyancer has strengthened its sales team, with the recruitment of Michelle Ward as national account...

LendInvest expands funds team

LendInvest has announced two senior hires to its funds team, with Omega Poole joining...

Three new hires at Glenhawk

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Jeremy Russ as head of compliance, Roxana Tsirikhova...

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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