Appointments

Secure Trust Bank appoints regional managing director for London

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed Richard Foote as its regional managing director...

Spotcap boosts partnership and sales support team

Business lender Spotcap has appointed Amanda Reece (right) and Faton Gashi (left), who jhave...

New chairman and investor for Mortgage Magic

Mortgage Magic, which launched its CRM and mortgage management platform last week, has revealed...

Catalyst Property Finance hires trio

Catalyst Property Finance has announced three appointments within its head office team. Sam Shand joins...

Shawbrook Bank hires national sales manager

Shawbrook has appointed Marc Callaghan as national sales manager. His appointment follows a restructure within...

Openwork appoints interim CFO

Openwork has appointed Richard Houghton as interim chief financial officer, subject to regulatory approval. Houghton (pictured)...

InterBay Commercial appoints senior business development manager

InterBay Commercial has appointed Krissy Salmon as senior business development manager covering South West,...

Aldermore appoints group business finance MD

Aldermore has appointed Tim Boag as its new group managing director of business finance,...

Beaumont to become The Mortgage Lender chief exec

Peter Beaumont is to head up The Mortgage Lender following record performance in 2019...

First 4 Bridging appoints North West BDM

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Simon Bancroft as business development manager...

Two mortgage sales team promotions at BoI

Bank of Ireland UK has announced two internal promotions within its mortgage sales team. Lauren...

Two hires for new later life lending platform

Advise Wise has appointed Jane Hanlon and Jon Tweed, to head the development of...

FCA appoints interim chief executive

The Treasury has appointed Christopher Woolard as interim chief executive. Woolard will take on the...

Together hires business development manager

Ash Kendall has joined specialist lender Together as business development manager (BDM) for London. Kendall...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Hodge widens foreign national mortgage criteria with 95% LTV lending

Hodge Bank has expanded its foreign national mortgage criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value limits and...

Landlords release more equity to fund buy-to-let improvements, says Paragon

Landlords significantly increased remortgaging activity to fund improvements to their buy-to-let properties during 2025,...

Gen H cuts high loan-to-value mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Gen H has reduced rates across its higher loan-to-value mortgage range, with the largest...

Rely launches limited edition buy-to-let products for lower LTV landlords

Rely has introduced a new limited edition range of buy-to-let mortgages for non-portfolio landlords,...

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