Appointments

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...

ARLA Propertymark appoints president elect

ARLA Propertymark has announced the appointment of Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard...

The Exeter appoints CIO

The Exeter has appointed Paul Smith as its new chief information officer (CIO). Smith...

Paradigm promotes business development pair

Paradigm Mortgage Services has promoted two members of staff to new business development consultant...

Key promotion for Damian Thompson at Aldermore

Aldermore has announced that Damian Thompson, its director of mortgages, will become its new...

Oblix Capital appoints non-executive chairman

Oblix Capital has announced that Mark Sismey-Durrant, formally an independent adviser to the board,...

Hitachi Capital (UK) appoints CIO

Business finance provider Hitachi Capital (UK) has appointed Kim Brien as chief information officer...

Vida Homeloans hire to cover Yorkshire & Manchester

Vida Homeloans has expanded its field sales team with the appointment of Joe Noon as...

Jason Berry joins Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has announced the appointment of Jason Berry to the newly...

New regional sales manager for Paymentshield

Paymentshield has recruited Derek Cluderay as a new regional sales manager. Cluderay (pictured) is tasked with...

Maria Harris joins Brightstar as consultant

Brightstar Financial has announced the appointment of Maria Harris in the new position of...

Together appoints senior legal counsel – treasury

Together Financial Services has announced that Sam Krivinskas has joined the business as senior...

COMMENT

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...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

Latest news

West One cuts residential rates and adds Premier Plus credit tier

West One Loans has cut rates across its residential mortgage range and introduced a...

LSL Financial Services names Paula Mercer as sales director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Paula Mercer as sales director with responsibility for sales...

UnderwriteMe appoints Chan to strategic partnerships role

UnderwriteMe has appointed Tiffany Chan as strategic partnerships manager as it looks to develop...

Key expands later life advice across full mortgage range

Key Group has widened its later life lending advice model, enabling advisers to research...

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