Appointments

LSL appoints Serco’s David Tilak as Chief Financial Officer

LSL Property Services has appointed David Tilak as its new Chief Financial Officer and...

Reallymoving bolsters senior leadership team

Reallymoving has strengthened its leadership team with a C-suite promotion and senior appointment as...

HTB bolsters development finance team with trio of hires

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its development finance division with three new relationship...

L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

Afin Bank appoints Rob Lankey as director of credit

Specialist lender Afin Bank has appointed industry veteran Rob Lankey as director of credit,...

Stagg Mortgage Services appoints Paul Lewis as growth director

Stagg Mortgage Services has appointed Paul Lewis as its new growth director as part...

Paragon promotes quartet as dev finance division expands reach

Paragon Bank has announced several promotions within its development finance division as it looks...

Catalyst reinforces underwriting operations with key promotions

Catalyst Property Finance has strengthened its underwriting function through a strategic restructure and a...

Hanley Economic names new chair as Nick Jordan steps down

Hanley Economic Building Society has confirmed that Ian Henley will become its new chair...

LendInvest strengthens Scottish presence with new BDM appointment

LendInvest Mortgages has appointed Abbie McCluskey as business development manager for Scotland, as the...

CSS appoints Steve Lees as associate technical director

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has appointed Steve Lees as associate director of technical services. Lees...

MAB appoints new transformation director to boost customer acquisition

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Alan Longhorn as transformation director for customer acquisition. Longhorn,...

Selina Finance appoints new head of intermediaries to strengthen broker partnerships

Selina Finance has appointed Matthew Batte as head of intermediaries as the specialist lender...

Rockstead announces leadership transition as John Barbour becomes CEO

Rockstead has announced a change at the top of its leadership team, with John...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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