Appointments

The Northview Group hires national account manager

The Northview Group, the parent company of Kensington and New Street Mortgages, has announced...

Rockstead appoints new director

Rockstead has recruited Andrew Salter from Investec to act in the newly created role...

Just Mortgages unveils self-employed team

Just Mortgages is launching a new ‘self-employed’ division, to be run by Carl Parker, who...

New non-exec director for the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Mark Lund as non-executive director. Lund...

New chief commercial officer for the Leeds

Richard Fearon has joined Leeds Building Society as chief commercial officer. He will be responsible...

Key risk hire for Different Money

Different Money has appointed Lee Gray as head of risk. The Cheshire-based lender styles itself as as...

Distributor expands sales team

TFC Homeloans has added three new sales positions to its operation. Gary Barton has moved into...

The Mansfield appoints national development manager

The Mansfield Building Society has hired Steve Walton as national development manager. He is tasked with leading...

Shawbrook appoints operational support head

Kate Wilson has been promoted by Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division to become its new head...

Boost Capital appoints regional sales director

Boost Capital has announced the appointment of Leyton Jeffs as sales director for the...

Business development appointments at BFS

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has recruited Lisa Peters as business development manager (BDM) and Stuart...

Foundation Home Loans grows sales operation

Foundation Home Loans has appointed James Adkin to the position of regional account manager...

SMS grows team

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has made two new appointments. Ross Burnett joins SMS as its new...

TMA grows team by 30%

TMA has announced three new appointments. The most recent appointee is Jackie Wassall who joins from...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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