Appointments

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance provides £21m ABL deal

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a £21.73m asset-based lending facility to Orchard...

Glenhawk appoints head of product

Glenhawk has appointed Christie Cook to the newly created role of head of product. Cook...

Smart Money makes introducer support reappointment

Smart Money has reappointed Anna McBurnie to provide support to introducers with second charge...

UTB makes hire for mid-ticket asset finance

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Jon Mote as its head of specialist business...

Together delivers nine-hour commercial bridge

Together and First 4 Bridging have worked together to produce a £400,000 commercial bridging...

LendInvest appoints key account manager

LendInvest has promoted Jan Gallagher from business development manager to key account manager. Gallagher will...

New BDM for National Friendly

Bristol based National Friendly has announced the appointment of Gavin Brooks to the role...

New CFO for Key Group

Key Group has appointed Simon Drew as chief financial officer (CFO). Drew has spent over...

TRM appoints equity release supervision & development manager

The Later Life Lending Network, the equity release proposition of The Right Mortgage and...

Duncombe to replace Sedgwick as IMLA chair

Louisa Sedgwick has stepped down as chair of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA)...

Four new appointments at Saffron for Intermediaries

The business development team at Saffron for Intermediaries has announced the appointment of four...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires head of underwriting

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its underwriting team with the recruitment of Richard Claypole...

Allica Bank bolsters business finance teams

Allica Bank has made four appointments to its team to boost its operational capacity...

OneFamily doubles size of advice team

OneFamily is to expand its equity release advice proposition, with a doubling of its...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

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...

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House prices

Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...
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Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...
Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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