Appointments

The Leeds expands intermediary team

Leeds Building Society has appointed an experienced financial services manager to its intermediary mortgage...

Crown joins IMLA

Crown Mortgage Management has become an associate member of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. ...

Target makes key software hire

Target Group has announced the appointment of Christian Burrell as a software account director....

BSA chairman re-elected

David Cutter, group chief executive of the Skipton Building Society, has been elected as...

Bibby appoints head of sales

Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Dan Burton as its head of sales for...

New Cambridge BS chairman

Jonathan Spence has been appointed as chairman of the Cambridge Building Society. This appointment follows...

New chairman for Teachers’ Building Society

Roy Spragg has been confirmed as chairman of Teachers’ Building Society following the...

Borro hires business development director

Borro, the personal asset lender, has announced the appointment of David Hardy as business...

BDM hire for Intelligent Loans

Intelligent Loans has appointed Katherine Simmons as its business development manager. Simmons has over 10 years’...

Important hire for Bibby

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed former Lloyds Commercial Finance Client and Collateral Management...

General manager of Canada Life to step down

Canada Life has announced the retirement of Ian Gilmour from his position as executive...

New Complaints Commissioner appointed

The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have announced the appointment...

Non-exec hire for TSB Bank

TSB Bank has confirmed the appointment, subject to regulatory approval, of Mark Fisher as...

Pepper UK creates COO role

Pepper UK, the mortgage servicer formerly known as Oakwood Global Finance, has promoted Gerry...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...