Appointments

The Ecology appoints compliance chief

The Ecology Building Society has appointed Sarah Kemp to its executive team in the...

Trio of promotions at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has promoted three of its senior team. Liam Lawlor has been promoted from...

FCA appoints new chief executive

Nikhil Rathi has been appointed as the new permanent chief executive of the Financial...

Shawbrook grows product & proposition team

Bradley McMillan has joined Shawbrook Bank's property finance division as senior product development and...

Octane Capital appoints BDMs

Octane Capital has revealed that Samantha Emery and Bethan Jones have been appointed as...

Promotions and appointments at Aspen Bridging

Aspen Bridging has promoted two and appointed two new members of staff. Harry Baker, who...

Allica Bank appoints head of financial planning and analysis

Commercial mortgage provider, Allica Bank, has announced the appointment of Dipesh Halai as head...

Trio of new hires for Atelier Capital Partners

Short-term lender, Atelier Capital Partners, has made three new hires, including Paul Silva as chief...

Craig Hardiman-Scott joins Sirius Property Finance

Sirius Property Finance has recruited a experienced new associate. Craig Hardiman-Scott joins Sirius from Pure...

Signature Property Finance makes senior appointments

Short-term property finance provider Signature Property Finance has announced the appointments of chairman David...

Hanley Economic BS strengthens SMT and board

The Hanley Economic Building Society has made two additions to its senior leadership team...

New CEO for Age Partnership

Equity release provider, Age Partnership Group, has appointed Steve Auckland as its new CEO. Auckland...

Kevin Paterson joins Ceta Insurance

Kevin Paterson has been appointed as director of sales and marketing at Ceta Insurance. Paterson...

Allica Bank appoints head of prudential risk

SME lender Allica Bank has appointed Matthew Oakes as head of prudential risk. Oakes (pictured)...

COMMENT

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...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Latest news

SortRefer expands faster conveyancing service after pilot cuts completion times

SortRefer has rolled out its Enhanced conveyancing service to all registered brokers after a...

Octane revives specialist buy-to-let range with loans up to £15m

Octane Capital has returned to the specialist buy-to-let market with a range offering loans...

Student loan repayments squeeze first-time buyer deposit savings

More than 1.5 million young adults believe student loan repayments are making it harder...

The Exeter moves Woodley into healthcare development role

The Exeter has appointed Karen Woodley as head of healthcare development, giving her responsibility...

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