Appointments

Hope Capital hires new senior development underwriter

Hope Capital has added to its underwriting team with the appointment of Jon Reed...

Just Mortgages appoints head of mortgages and protection

Just Mortgages has appointed Ben Allkins as its new head of mortgages and protection...

Precise Mortgages appoints new BDM

Precise Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) for...

Harpenden BS appoints head of distribution & marketing

Emily Smith has been appointed as Harpenden Building Society’s head of distribution & marketing. In...

Hodge boosts intermediary support team

Hodge has appointed Stuart Ottery and Kate Morgan to its intermediary support team. Ottery...

Equilaw appoints new MD

Equilaw has appointed Max Hayden as its new managing director. Claire Barker, the existing managing...

Coventry BS appoints chief information and digital officer

The Coventry Building Society has appointed Jayne Showell as its chief information and digital...

HLPartnership grows external compliance team

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Norman Jackson to the role of regional compliance...

Roma Finance makes multiple promotions and appointments

Roma Finance has expanded its team with two new promotions and multiple new appointments. Jack...

Sancus appoints head of sales for the South

Sancus has appointed Jaxon Stevens as head of sales (South). He will be based in...

Hinckley & Rugby adds sextet to BDM team

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has expanded its business development team, adding six new...

MT Finance appoints its first non-executive director

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Chris Patrick to the board as its...

Direct Life appoints chief commercial officer

Direct Life has announced the appointment of Iain Clark as chief commercial officer. He will...

Short-term lender appoints head of sales for the north

Sancus has recently appointed Melanie Fourie as head of sales (North), based in Manchester. Fourie...

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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