Appointments

Bibby appoints international CEO

Bibby Financial Services has announced that Steven Box has become its international chief executive...

Kent Reliance hires national accounts head

OneSavings Bank has appointed Steve Seal as head of national accounts for its Kent...

Hope Capital hires Midlands BDM

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed a business development manager (BDM) who will focus on the...

Shawbrook appoints consumer finance MD

Evelyn Hamilton has today joined Shawbrook Group as its managing director of consumer finance. She joins Shawbrook...

New non-exec directors for Holloway Friendly

Income protection society Holloway Friendly has appointed two new non-executive directors (NEDs).   The appointments...

Commercial property specialist joins Birketts

Julie Hoy has joined the commercial property team at law firm Birketts as a...

Vizolution expands sales team

Vizolution has expanded its sales team with the appointment Michael Padmanathan, Alex Noble and Oli...

SimplyBiz Group appoints managing director of SIFA

David Ingram has been appointed as managing director of SIFA and joins the business...

New sales appointments at NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed two new area sales managers (ASMs) and added two...

Rockstead makes directorial appointment

Due diligence and audit firm Rockstead has recruited Andrew Salter in the newly created...

Two new mortgage hires at the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society has appointed Jodie Claxton to the role of Mortgage Manager...

New hires for West One Loans

Bridging lender West One Loans has made two key appointments. Paul Simpson joins the...

Boost Capital appoints new BDM

Boost Capital has appointed Tom Fox as business development manager (BDM). He will be responsible...

Shawbrook appoints business finance MD

Shawbrook Group plc has announced that Simon Featherstone has joined as managing director of its business finance...

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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