Appointments

NatWest IS appoints pair of BDMs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has hired Alan Hanks as the new field-based business development manager...

New role for Mirfin at Key Retirement

Key Retirement has appointed Dean Mirfin to the newly-created role of technical director. Mirfin, one...

Trio expands Roma Finance team

Roma Finance has announced three new appointments. Steve Heaton and Marley Clarke have joined as...

New COO for Welcome Financial Services

Cattles has made changes to key management roles. The lender has announced that Paul...

Ultimate Finance makes capital hire

Carlos Gonzalez has been appointed by Ultimate Finance as regional director in central London. He...

Key hire at Key Retirement

Key Retirement has appointed Kevin Stelfox as its director of retirement options and wealth...

Two key hires for RSA

RSA has strengthened its Affinity and Intermediated Retail teams with the appointment of two...

Shawbrook creates senior loan manager position

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Joylie Bates to the post of senior loan manager in...

Affordable housing hire at Marsh & Parsons

Marsh & Parsons has appointed Matt Bird as its new head of affordable housing. He will...

Mortgage Brain adds to corporate account team

Mortgage Brain has appointed Sharon Marshall its corporate account management team. Marshall (pictured) worked...

Buy to Let Business grows office and staff

The Buy to Let Business and its mortgage club Buy to Let Club has...

CML Cymru chair appointed

Julie-Ann Haines, customer director for Principality Building Society, has been appointed chair of CML Cymru. She succeeds...

The Ipswich expands intermediary team

The Ipswich Building Society has appointed a new business development manager. Andrew Sadler...

Commercial restructure at Aldermore

Aldermore has restructured its commercial mortgages sales team. Ian Boden has been appointed to the...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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