Appointments

Mortgage Gym recruits chief commercial officer

Mortgage Gym has announced the appointment of Jeremy Moll as chief commercial officer. Moll as over 28...

The Leeds appoints BDM

The Leeds Building Society has appointed John Hoole as a business development manager (BDM) for...

Key appoints specialist lending director

Key Retirement has appointed Mark Blanchfield as its director of specialist lending. He will be...

Metro Bank hires commercial banking director

Metro Bank has appointed Alec Viney to the position of commercial banking director. He...

BFS appoints corporate sales director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Ben Smith as UK corporate sales director. First joining...

Laura Sneddon joins The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced 12 new hires. The appointments include the first of...

The Leeds expands intermediary lending team

The Leeds Building Society has made an addition to its business development team. Nirver Randhawa...

Positive Lending appoints director of mortgages

South coast based packager, Positive Lending, has appointed Stephanie Charman as its director of mortgages. ...

Roma Finance announces underwriting promotions

Roma Finance has announced the promotion of Daniel Hill to bridging sales specialist and Lorraine Hart...

Sirius Property Finance expands team

Sirius Property Finance, Brightstar’s high net worth business, has appointed three new team members...

BFS appoints UK CEO

Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Edward Winterton as UK chief executive officer. He joining...

New chair for Smaller Business Practitioner Panel

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of a new Chair for the...

FCA appoints new non-executive director

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the appointment of Nick Stace as a non-executive...

Together appoints corporate development director

Specialist lender Together has appointed commercial lending veteran Steve Luty as its corporate development...

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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