Appointments

Openwork hires new marketing director

Openwork has appointed Claire Oldstein as marketing director. She will join the executive team and...

New CEO for Leek United BS

Leek United has announced the appointment of Andrew Healy as the Society’s new chief...

Fleet Mortgages appoints national sales manager

Fleet Mortgages has announced the promotion of Graham Le Bas to the position of...

Gatehouse Bank appoints specialist finance BDM

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Zeenat Shaffi as business development manager (BDM) in its specialist...

Two new senior BDMs for Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has announced the appointment of Krissy Salmon and Simon Ward as senior...

Roma Finance doubles sales and underwriting teams

Roma Finance has doubled the size of its business development manager (BDM) and underwriting...

New national account manager for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Paula Priest as national account manager. Priest joins from...

Kuflink appoints head of digital marketing

Kuflink has appointed Tom Lindridge as its new head of digital marketing. Lindridge joins from...

Castle Trust appoints new business development exec

Castle Trust has appointed Jack Saunders as a business development executive. He will provide brokers...

Octane Capital appoints senior credit manager

Octane Capital has hired Donna-Louise House as senior credit manager. She will report into Matt...

Octane Capital appoints senior structured finance manager

Octane Capital has hired Rick Hollingsworth as its senior structured finance manager. He will report...

New hires at L&G retirement business

Legal & General Retail Retirement has made a number of new hires and promotions...

Castle Trust recruits new BDM for the north of England

Castle Trust has appointed Charissa Chang as a business development manager (BDM) for the...

Paula Purdy joins Octopus Property as BDM

Octopus Property has appointed Paula Purdy as business development manager (BDM) for the north...

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

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...

Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

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