Appointments

Bankhall and PMS appoint advisory relationships director

Bankhall and PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have appointed Campbell...

Sirius Property Finance appoints head of partnerships

Sirius Property Finance has hired Kimberley Gates as its head of partnerships. Gates will work...

Clever Lending boosts field-based team

Clever Lending has appointed two additional field-based sales managers. Stacey Woods and Tanya Legge have...

SimplyBiz Group appoints managing director for professional connections arm

The SimplyBiz Group has announced the appointment of Dave Seager to the newly created...

Internal promotion at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has promoted Oli Greenspan from his position of head of internal sales to head...

Rob Clifford to become Stonebridge Group chief executive

Stonebridge Group's managing director, Richard Adams, is to step back from his executive role...

Hope Capital hires five new faces

Hope Capital has tripled the size of its business development team following new appointments. The...

M&S Bank appoints CEO

M&S Bank has appointed Paul Spencer as its CEO. This follows his appointment as interim CEO...

Chris Parr to run new Manchester office for Fiduciam

Fiduciam is aiming to expand its lending activities in the north of England and...

Ryan Brailsford promoted to head of sales at Pepper Money

Pepper Money has appointed Ryan Brailsford as head of sales. Last month, Pepper Money introduced...

iPipeline grows distribution team

iPipeline is expanding its distribution team to support growth within the protection market. Andy Milburn...

New BDM at More 2 Life

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as a business development manager (BDM)...

United Trust Bank appoints new BDM

United Trust Bank has appointed Owen Bentley as business development manager in its mortgages...

Openwork boss appointed to PIMFA board

Mark Duckworth, chief executive of Openwork, has been appointed to the board of The Personal...

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

BuildLoan expands into commercial mortgages after pilot programme

BuildLoan has launched a commercial mortgage proposition to intermediaries nationwide following a pilot programme...

CAL relocates to larger Woking headquarters to support growth ambitions

Panel management firm CAL has moved to new offices in central Woking as it...

Landbay cuts buy-to-let rates across core and specialist ranges

Landbay has reduced rates by up to 20 basis points across its Core and...

Interest-only lending evolves as later life borrowing grows, says Phoebus

The continued decline in interest-only mortgage balances reflects a healthier market and changing borrower...

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