Appointments

BFS appoints UK commercial director

invoice financier Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Sharon Wiltshire as UK commercial director. First...

New national BDM for Together

Together has appointed Robert Oliver to the role of national business development manager. Oliver (pictured),...

Whitecap Consulting hires former Santander mortgage head

Whitecap Consulting, a regional strategy consulting firm which works with a number of clients...

New sales appointment for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has addd to its sales team with the appointment of Sarah...

The Leeds appoints marketing head

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Laura Hodgkins as its new head of marketing. She joins...

The Leeds appoints new BDM

The Leeds Building Society has added its intermediary mortgage team with the appointment of...

Hope Capital moves into London and the south

Bridging lender Hope Capital is boosting its presence in London and the south with...

Trio joins TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has added three new faces to its new business and processing teams at its...

New BDM for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Paul Flude as its a new business development manager (BDM) covering the...

Non-exec director of Bibby Financial Services appointed

Global business funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Mike Fairey as non-executive director. In...

Octane Capital hires senior BDM

Justin Cooper has joined bridging lender Octane Capital, as senior business development manager. Cooper joins...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new commercial director

Cirencester Friendly has appointed David Macgregor to the position of commercial director. Macgregor (pictured) has...

The Yorkshire appoints non-executive director

The Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Neeta Atkar as a non-executive director and chair...

New chairman for the BSA

Jonathan Westhoff, chief executive of the West Bromwich Building Society, has been elected as...

COMMENT

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...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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