Appointments

Foundation Home Loans hires new national sales manager

Mark Whitear has joined Foundation Home Loans as its national sales manager.  Whitear joins following...

The Skipton appoints director of business development

The Skipton Building Society has announced that Paul Fenn, its current director of branch...

BFS appoints global HR director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Lomas as its global HR director. He is...

United Trust Bank hires 200th member of staff

United Trust Bank has appointed Daniel Idowu to the position of support officer in...

InterBay onsite underwriter appointed at Complete FS

Complete FS has revealed that an onsite underwriter from commercial lending specialist lender, Interbay,...

Signature Private Finance creates sales director role

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance has appointed Jon Preston as its first...

New regional sales director for Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed John Copping as its regional sales director...

Complete FS hires its first business support manager

Complete FS has appointed Sean Latchem to the new role of business support manager. Latchem...

Gatehouse Bank hires direct finance adviser

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Courtney Bowles as direct finance adviser in the bank’s direct...

Uinsure appoints CIO

Uinsure has announced the appointment of David Smith to the new position of chief...

Fluent Money Group appoints marketing manager

Fluent Money Group (FMG) has appointed Sheila Sanderson as marketing manager. She will work across...

The Teachers appoints non-executive director

The Teachers Building Society has announced the appointment of Malcolm Himsworth onto its board...

KR Group appoints group director of change

KR group has appointed Georgina Callaghan as group Director of Change. Callaghan (pictured) joins the provider...

The Mortgage Lender appoints roving underwriter

The Mortgage Lender has appointed its first onsite underwriter, based at TFC Homeloans and...

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

Eleos launches income protection with redundancy cover

Eleos Life has launched an income protection policy covering redundancy alongside illness and injury...

Trade bodies welcome first-time buyer scheme but call for careful design

Mortgage trade bodies have welcomed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme, while warning...

Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

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