Appointments

Allica Bank appoints mortgage operations manager 

SME lender, Allica Bank, has appointed Carly Nutkins as mortgage operations manager. Nutkins (pictured) joins from Redwood...

First 4 Bridging hires head of intermediary relations

Erica Pearce has been appointed as head of intermediary relations at First 4 Bridging...

Two new faces at VIBE Finance

Specialist finance broker, VIBE Finance, has announced the appointment of Craig Smith as a...

New appointments at Stonebridge

Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge , has announced a number of new appointments . Recent new...

David Copland joins Property Master

David Copland has been appointed as Property Master's new business development director. Copland (pictured) joins...

Key Group appoints head of strategic partner marketing

Key Group has announced the appointment of Richard Brook as its new head of...

Two new marketing hires at Hope Capital

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed Emily Crowe as PR and social media executive and Kevin...

LV= appoints GI partnership director

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has announced the appointment of Simon Hird as its...

Shawbrook grows sales desk team

Shawbrook Bank has expanded its property finance division's sales desk with the appointment of...

UTB appoints new senior manager for property development

United Trust Bank (UTB) has hired a new senior manager supporting housebuilders and developers...

Jeremy Duncombe to become Accord MD

The Yorkshire Building Society is appointing Jeremy Duncombe as managing director of its intermediary...

SmartSearch looks globally with new hire

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch is looking to grow its global reach with the...

United Trust Bank appoints CEO

Harley Kagan, currently group Managing director of United Trust Bank (UTB), will become the...

Hodge’s interim mortgage boss becomes Welsh graduate scheme adviser

Ryan Davies, interim managing director of mortgages at Hodge has become an advisory board...

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Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

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Barclays cuts five-year fixes again as lender pushes for market-leading position

Barclays is making further reductions across its residential mortgage range, with five-year fixed rates...

The Leeds launches green additional borrowing for home energy upgrades

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new stream of green additional borrowing aimed at...

Equity Release Group expands adviser team after StepChange partnership

Equity Release Group has strengthened its advisory arm, Equity Release Supermarket, with three new...

Love Finance appoints former Monzo director to lead credit and risk

Love Finance has appointed Selen Cagirgan as its new head of credit and risk,...

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