Appointments

Aviva joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the appointment of Aviva to its lender...

Paragon Development Finance appoints deputy managing director

Paragon Development Finance has announced the appointment of Neal Moy as deputy managing director. Moy...

Recognise Bank appoints head of credit

Gavin Keyte has been appointed head of credit at Recognise Bank. He joins the new...

Castle Trust Bank strengthens broker support team

Castle Trust Bank has appointed a pair of new business development managers (BDMs). Leanne Arundell...

MAB’s Scottish network partner hires commercial ops director

Mortgage Advice Bureau’s Regional Network Partner in Scotland has expanded its senior team with...

Tuscan Capital welcomes new BDM

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital has announced the immediate appointment of a business development manager...

Masthaven Bank appoints director of lending and credit operations

Masthaven Bank has announced that Shelley Connelly will also oversee short-term lending in the...

BuildStore appoints group marketing head

Michelle Lansdowne has been appointed as head of group marketing at the BuildStore Group. Lansdowne...

Bibby Financial Services appoints managing director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the appointment of Derek Ryan as managing director. Ryan...

Hodge appoints new chief finance officer

Hodge has announced the appointment of Jan Preece as its chief financial officer. Preece (pictured)...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints surveyor development manager

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the appointment of Ashley Miskin as surveyor development...

Two new hires at Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed two new starters, Helen Hargreaves and Andrew Bate, to its...

Tenet appoints CFO

Tenet has appointed Martin Tyler as its new chief financial officer (CFO), subject to...

Recognise Bank appoints NW & Yorkshire BDM

Recognise Bank has appointed a new business development manager for the North West and Yorkshire. Paul...

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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