Appointments

New BDM for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) for the North and...

New hire at Bridging Finance Solutions

Barbara Corbett has joined Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) as finance controller.  Formerly a management accountant...

LBG hires four national account managers

Lloyds Banking Group has added to its strategic partnerships team with the appointment of four new national...

SortRefer makes key property professional hire

SortRefer Group has recruited Tim Price to head up its latest offering, due to...

New residential property head for Select & Protect

Select & Protect's parent company Hood Group has appointed Sarah Smith to the newly...

New hires at Bluestone Mortgages

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the recruitment of four new staff members across its business...

Ultimate Finance makes key appointment in Scotland

Ultimate Finance has appointed Jennifer McGuffie as regional director in its Glasgow office. McGuffie (pictured) spent eight years in...

Shawbrook expands commercial mortgages team

Shawbrook Bank has made new appointments to its commercial mortgages division. Amanda Howe and Ella-Louise Smith...

New external BDMs for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Chris Holden and Lauren Gill as external business development...

New board appointments at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has appointed five new senior industry fugures to its main board...

Belmont Green hires mortgages sales director

Yet-to launch mortgage lender Belmont Green has appointed Louisa Sedgwick as its director of sales for mortgages. She joins...

Simon Stern joins Equifinance as consultant

Equifinance has appointed Simon Stern as a strategic consultant to develop the company’s distribution,...

BFS makes Sheffield sales hire

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Daniel Harding as head of sales for Sheffield. The...

Bower Retirement Services strengthens management team

Equity release specialist Bower Retirement Services has appointed Hannah Gray as head of operations. She will...

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

Property transactions stretch to 123 days

Property transactions in England and Wales are taking an average of 123 days from...

Digitisation could already halve homebuying times

Digitisation already has the power to slash the time it takes to buy a...

The Cambridge launches new fixed rate RIO options

Cambridge Building Society has introduced two new fixed rate Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage...

Mortgage pressure eases as rates fall

Mortgage affordability is on track to return to levels last seen in 2021 offering...

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