Appointments

Pair of new hires for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Mitesh Patel as a credit analyst and Linda Johnson...

New staff at Largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com has made several new appointments to its management team. Steve Ayers joins as...

Shawbrook appoints new CEO

Steve Pateman has agreed to join Shawbrook Group plc as its new chief executive...

Consumer Panel announces new members

The independent Financial Services Consumer Panel appointed three new panel members. The new members fill the...

Andy Young to retire from TBMC

Andy Young, CEO of buy-to-let mortgage specialist TBMC, is to retire at the end...

New board appointment at the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Andrew Bottomley to the board role...

Mark Graves to join The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has revealed that Mark Graves is to join...

New face at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has announced the appointment of Cassie Irving to the role of regional support...

Lisa Martin to join LSL

Lisa Martin, who quit Sesame Bankhall Group yesterday, is to join LSL’s financial services...

Landbay recruits former Paragon director

Peer-to-peer lender Landbay has appointed Paul Clampin to the position of chief lending officer....

New hire at Cirencester Friendly

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Harry Ireland as senior customer care assistant. He joins the society...

New London BDM for Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander has announced the promotion of James Munro to business development manager (BDM)....

Bridger appoints BDM for Scotland

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed a new business development manager for Scotland. During the summer...

Paratus AMC makes senior appointment

Paratus AMC, the business which set up Foundation Home Loans earlier this year, has appointed...

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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