Appointments

Age Partnership appoints new executive director of partnerships

Darren Dicks has been appointed as executive director of Age Partnership's partnership division. Dicks (pictured), who...

Hope Capital appoints operations manager

Jonathan Britstone has joined Hope Capital as operations manager. Britstone (pictured) previously worked for...

Sirius Property Finance expands team

Specialist property debt adviser, Sirius Property Finance, has created a number of new roles. In the...

Evolution Money appoints chief digital officer

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of a new chief digital officer (CDO). Matt...

First 4 Bridging appoints key account manager

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Drena Gashi as a key...

Pepper Money appoints regional development manager

Pepper Money has bolstered its sales team with the recruitment of Keith Campsie as...

Four new appointments at Mint Property Finance

Mint Property Finance has created four new positions. Joseph Haworth, who joins as finance director,...

United Trust Bank appoints head of sales for bridging

United Trust Bank (UTB) has promoted Owen Bentley to become its head of sales...

Ceta Insurance hires new head of marketing

Ceta Insurance has appointed James Robathan as head of marketing. He is tasked with developing...

The Swansea makes senior mortgage appointment

The Swansea Building Society has announced that Dan Goulding has joined as a business...

Bluestone appoints new build and national account manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Holcomb as new build and national...

IGF appoints asset based lending director 

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has appointed Jamie O’Neill as asset based lending (ABL) director. He will focus on origination activity...

VP hires at GetGround

GetGround has announced the appointment of senior hires from Google and Liberis to lead...

Specialist property lender appoints offshore funding director

Sancus has appointed Matt Davies as director, offshore funding in its Jersey office to...

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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