Appointments

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...

Richard Tugwell to replace Louisa Sedgwick at Vida

Vida has announced that Richard Tugwell is to become its next director of mortgage...

more2life appoints BDM

More2life has appointed Darren Hymos as business development manager. Hymos (pictured) has over 35 years’ experience...

New BDM for the Dudley

James Green has been appointed to the role of business development manager (BDM) at...

COMMENT

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Latest news

Barclays urges policy action to unlock home energy efficiency upgrades

High energy costs are increasing demand for more efficient homes, but the cost of...

Brilliant Solutions joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Brilliant Solutions has joined the Equity Release Council as the mortgage club and specialist...

Former LMS chief Nick Chadbourne takes chair role at Novus Strategy

Nick Chadbourne, the former chief executive of LMS, has joined mortgage and homebuying consultancy...

Vernon appoints Anthony Murphy to board and audit role

Vernon Building Society has appointed former Nottingham Building Society finance chief Anthony Murphy as...

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