Appointments

Royal London makes protection leadership team appointments

Royal London has appointed Toby Bainbridge to the position of head of protection solutions. He...

Octane Capital adds to business development team

Octane Capital has recruited Francesca Woodhouse as a business development manager (BDM). Woodhouse (pictured) joins from Avamore...

SortRefer hires regional account managers

SortRefer has announced the appointments of Katarzyna Kosmowska and Edward Green as regional account...

Upton becomes Castle Trust mortgages MD as Wyles departs

Castle Trust has announced the promotion of Alex Upton to managing director of the...

Mint Bridging hires credit manager

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has appointed Peter Howarth to the position of credit manager. He previously...

Fleet Mortgages hires Midlands BDM

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) covering...

Foundation Home Loans adds to sales team

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its senior sales team with the appointment of Grant...

Aldermore appoints head of commercial mortgages

Aldermore has appointed Caroline Luxmore as head of commercial mortgages. The position is newly created and...

New faces at Go Commercial Finance

Go Commercial Finance has appointed two new members of staff and created a new...

New chair of the FSCS appointed

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have announced the...

Metro Bank creates 120 new roles

Metro Bank is opening a new 24/7 contact centre in central Ilford, creating 120...

Hope Capital expands to drive growth plans

Hope Capital has appointed a new member of staff and a consultant to help...

Keystone hires business managers for the North

Keystone Property Finance has appointed Sara Finlay-Hudson and Gary Dean to its business development...

InterBay Commercial revamps sales structure

InterBay Commercial has created a new sales structure, designed to better support its broker...

COMMENT

Why the collapse of US auto finance lenders matters for UK mortgages

You might wonder why a car loans provider across the Atlantic has anything to do with UK mortgages – on the face of it,...

There’s no room for complacency, it’s time for collaboration

Last year the government announced a proposal to reform the home-buying system in a bid to speed up the property transaction process, cut costs...

Lenders that adapt to customer and broker needs will be the winners

For UK mortgage brokers, the choice of lender partner has never been more important. In a market shaped by fluctuating rates, evolving regulation and increasing...

First-time landlords and first-time buyers are still entering the market

Despite the upheaval, new entrants have not vanished. First-time landlords are still active and, according to Hamptons, millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) are...

36 more pay cheques before you’re made redundant

Imagine getting that email in your inbox first thing this morning! I tell you what: for the sake of another thought-provoking, rib-jabbing article, let's pretend...

Latest news

Russell Quirk becomes Property Investor Show shareholder

Russell Quirk is to become a shareholder in the Property Investor Show, strengthening his...

Mortgage market cools as remortgaging rebounds

UK mortgage activity steadied in December as house purchase approvals slipped but remortgaging gathered...

Paradigm promotes Richard Howes to managing director role

Paradigm Mortgage Services has promoted Richard Howes to a newly created managing director position...

Fleet Mortgages adds 65% LTV products and cuts two-year pricing

Fleet mortgages has launched a new range of 65% loan-to-value mortgage products and cut...

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