Appointments

New head for the Society of Mortgage Professionals

Lee Travis, who was appointed as the new head of professional development at the...

Shawbrook makes regional support appointment

Shawbrook Bank has recruited a new regional support executive. Lee Warne joins its commercial mortgages division with...

Gary Little joins TMA

Gary Little is to join TMA, the mortgage club of LSL financial services, at...

Brightstar expands commercial finance team

Brightstar Financial has appointed a new commercial finance specialist who will specialise in the...

Smart Money hires new underwriter

Master broker Smart Money has appointed Hannah Joyce as an underwriter in its regulated...

The Leeds makes change delivery hire

The Leeds Building Society has strengthened its change delivery team with the confirmation of...

Positive Lending increases headcount

Bournemouth-based packager Positive Lending has expanded its specialist finance adviser team with addition of...

New national account manager for TRM

Billy Hewitt is to join The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) as national...

Connect grows BDM team

Connect for Intermediaries has recruited Ed Maguire and Terry Singleton in new business development...

SBG appoints Mark Graves as sales director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Mark Graves to the position of sales director. Graves takes...

Charles Canning back at the helm at Accord

Accord Mortgages has announced the appointment of Charles Canning as managing director. He joined...

Former property ombudsman joins NAEA & ARLA

Christopher Hamer has joined the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association...

The Leeds appoints deputy finance director

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Stuart Whittle as its deputy finance director. Whittle...

New chair for IMLA

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has confirmed the re-election of its existing board...

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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