Appointments

Shawbrook expands commercial mortgages team

Shawbrook Bank has made new appointments to its commercial mortgages division. Amanda Howe and Ella-Louise Smith...

New external BDMs for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Chris Holden and Lauren Gill as external business development...

New board appointments at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has appointed five new senior industry fugures to its main board...

Belmont Green hires mortgages sales director

Yet-to launch mortgage lender Belmont Green has appointed Louisa Sedgwick as its director of sales for mortgages. She joins...

Simon Stern joins Equifinance as consultant

Equifinance has appointed Simon Stern as a strategic consultant to develop the company’s distribution,...

BFS makes Sheffield sales hire

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Daniel Harding as head of sales for Sheffield. The...

Bower Retirement Services strengthens management team

Equity release specialist Bower Retirement Services has appointed Hannah Gray as head of operations. She will...

Key appointments to Together’s leadership team

Specialist lender Together has made two senior appointments to its leadership team. The group of...

Lorenzo Satchell rejoins Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lorenzo Satchell has its new commercial relationship manager for...

New underwriter for the Teachers

Martyn Balsom has been appointed as a new mortgage underwriter at the Teachers Building...

The Leeds hires quality and competency head

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Dave Conway as its head of quality and...

VitalityLife hires new national accounts director

VitalityLife has appointed Dave Ewens as national accounts director. He has responsibility for managing...

New CFO for property crowdfunding platform

Crowdfunding platform Property Partner has recruited a new chief financial officer. Warren Bath, former mergers...

Funding Circle expands business development team

Funding Circle has hired Neil Mullane, formerly head of business and corporate banking for...

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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