Appointments

Mortgage Brain appoints sales and marketing director

Mortgage Brain has appointed Neil Wyatt as its new sales and marketing director. Wyatt has over...

Paragon reveals John Heron’s successor

Paragon Banking Group will be appointing Richard Rowntree as its new managing director of...

Andrew Ferguson to head up BTL for West One Loans

Andrew Ferguson has been appointed as managing director of West One Loans' buy-to-let.  Ferguson joined...

Aldermore makes specialist finance hires for North of England

Aldermore has made two new appointments to its specialist finance team in support of...

Clever Lending duo take charge of growth plans

Clever Lending has appointed two new directors to lead the specialist distributor’s ambitious plans...

New director appointment at Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed Liz Blythe as a non-executive director for the group’s...

Usay Compare appoints managing director

Usay Compare has announced the appointment of Mark Noble as its new managing director. Noble...

Maria Harris to join Twenty7Tec from Atom bank

Twenty7Tec has revealed that Maria Harris will join the company on 1 October as...

FCA appoints new chief economist

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Kate Collyer as its chief economist. She is...

New BDM for ESBS

Earl Shilton Building Society (ESBS) has appointed a business development manager (BDM). Debbie Holmes joins...

Target Group hires business development director

Target Group has announced the appointment of Mark Gilliver as its new business development...

The Vernon appoints new BDM

The Vernon Building Society has appointed Caroline Shard as a business development manager in...

New sales director for Brilliant Solutions

Specialist mortgage club and packager, Brilliant Solutions, has appointed Michael Craig to the position...

Laura Sneddon joins Masthaven

Laura Sneddon has been appointed as national account manager for Masthaven Bank's mortgage division. She...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Nationwide unveils affordability boost for remortgage customers

Nationwide Building Society has introduced enhanced affordability criteria for remortgage customers taking out a...

UTB funds £2.8m residential deal for Oast Investments

United Trust Bank’s structured property finance division has completed a £2.8m residential investment loan...

Why every mortgage client needs a will and how brokers can help protect homes from fraud

With Financial Awareness Day on 14 August Royal London is warning that too many...

VPN loopholes could let fraudsters slip through mortgage checks

The UK’s new Online Safety Act has triggered a boom in VPN usage that...