Appointments

The Coventry BS appoints new CEO

Steve Hughes, currently chief executive of Principality Building Society, is to be appointed as...

SimplyBiz Mortgages appoints head of strategic development

Richard Merrett has joined SimplyBiz Mortgages in the newly created role of head of...

First female chair for IMLA

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced that Louisa Sedgwick, director of sales...

Aldermore boosts presence in Southern England

Aldermore has appointed Justin Nel as regional sales manager for the South East and...

LendInvest appoints head of key accounts

LendInvest has promoted Andy Virgo from business development manager (BDM) to head of key...

AMI reveals board election results

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has completed its election process. The results are as...

HL Partnership creates finance director role

HL Partnership (HLP) has appointed Peter Cobley to the newly created position of finance...

Kingsway Asset Finance makes board level promotion

Kingsway Asset Finance has promoted Mike Day to its board of directors. Following a year...

BFS appoints business development manager

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Steve Taylor as business development manager (BDM) for construction...

New chairman at the Buckinghamshire BS

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced the appointment of Dick Jenkins as the new...

New chairman for Rightmove

Rightmove has announced the appointment of Andrew Fisher as non-executive chairman with effect from...

Simon Carr rejoins Promise Solutions

Simon Carr, formerly a director at the specialist lending packager and broker, Promise Solutions,...

Fluent Money appoints group chief technology officer

Specialist lending distributor, Fluent Money Group, has appointed Steve Strickland-Wright to the newly created...

Chief examiner in regulated equity release appointed

Graham Evans, head of compliance at Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), has been appointed the...

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The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

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...

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Mortgage chiefs warn MPs on affordability squeeze

Senior mortgage industry figures have warned MPs that Britain’s worsening home-affordability challenge will not...

Mortgage Brain adds Rely to sourcing platform

Mortgage Brain has added OSB Group’s newly launched buy-to-let lender, Rely, to its Sourcing...

Assetz Capital strikes £150m funding deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank

Assetz Capital has agreed a funding facility of up to £150 million with Cambridge...

Secure Trust Bank backs Silcoms with £4.2m funding package

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided more than £4m in support of Silcoms...

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