Appointments

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...

New finance director for the Bath

Tom Leach has been appointed as finance director designate for the Bath Building Society. Leach...

Kent Reliance appoints senior BDM

Kent Reliance has appointed Matthew Butt as a senior business development manager (BDM) within...

Building society appoints new finance director

The Leek United Building Society has appointed Andrew Morris as its new finance director. He...

Challenger bank launches new direct finance team

Gatehouse Bank has announced the launch of a new direct finance team, based in...

Key Retirement Group appoints chief digital officer

Key Retirement Group has appointed Dave Johnson as chief digital officer. Prior to joining KR...

Paradigm Mortgage Services bolsters helpdesk function

Paradigm Mortgage Services has appointed a new member of staff to support its mortgage...

BFS appoints regional business development manager

Keith Litherland has joined Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) as regional business development manager. Litherland (pictured) will...

Gavin Seaholme becomes Shawbrook head of commercial sales

Shawbrook Commercial Property has announced three senior promotions. Gavin Seaholme (pictured) has been appointed as...

Together expands broker sales team

Together has appointed Toni Martin as a new business development manager (BDM) to cover...

MAB appoints group managing director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has announced the appointment of Ben Thompson as managing director of...

Sainsbury’s Bank appoints head of intermediary sales

David Crooke has been appointed as head of intermediary sales for Sainsbury’s Bank. Crooke (pictured) joins...

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

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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