Appointments

Source Insurance makes senior appointment

Source Insurance has appointed Steve Jenkins to the role of head of commercial partnerships. After...

Paul Kelly joins Uinsure from Paymentshield

Uinsure has announced the appointment of Paul Kelly to the new role of director...

Oblix Capital hires pair of BDMs

Oblix Capital has announced two BDM appointments to cover London and the South.   Both...

More 2 Life appoints director of funding and product development

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Roland Steere as director of funding and...

Together hires new lending director

Robert Goodall is joining Together as its new lending director will be based at...

The Coventry confirms appointment of new chair

The Coventry Building Society has confirmed the appointment of Gary Hoffman as non-executive director...

Mark Jones joins L&G as new product director

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Mark Jones as product director, UK...

KR Group appoints PR & public affairs director

Key Retirement Group has appointed Lee Blackwell as director of public relations and public...

The Leeds expands intermediary team

The Leeds Building Society has appointed a new business development manager in the North East. Helen...

Record month for Just Mortgages’ self-employed division

Just Mortgages' self-employed division has now hit 100 brokers, an increase of 23% since...

Octane Capital recruits internal business development manager

Adam Ware has joined Octane Capital as internal business development manager.  Ware (pictured) joins from Commercial...

Shawbrook Commercial hires lending manager

Shawbrook Bank has revealed that Stewart Paine has joined the commercial property team as...

New chair for the Coventry

The Coventry Building Society has announces it intends to appoint Gary Hoffman as non-executive...

Pepper Money hires head of national accounts

Pepper Money has appointed Clare Jarvis in the new role of head of national...

COMMENT

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

Latest news

Energy-efficient homes ‘may carry higher climate risks’

Some of the UK’s more energy-efficient homes could face greater long-term exposure to flooding...

New towns plan may help supply but risks falling short, says former RICS chair

The government’s announcement of seven proposed new towns has been broadly welcomed as a...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates rise as landlords face fresh cost pressures

Buy-to-let mortgage rates have risen sharply this month, while landlords are also facing further...

Virgin Money to take mortgage application systems offline for five days

Virgin money has announced that its Virgin Money and Clydesdale online application platforms will...

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