Appointments

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager for West Yorkshire

Aldermore has added to its invoice Finance sales team with the appointment of...

Castle Trust appoints head of sales

Castle Trust has promoted Alex Upton to the position of head of mortgage...

Andrew Freeley joins HML subsidiary

HML has appointed Andrew Freeley as managing director of Specialist Mortgages Services (SMS), an...

New head of sales for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Emma Cox to the position of head of sales...

The Leeds welcomes old face back to intermediary team

Parveen Kumari has re-joined Leeds Building Society’s intermediary mortgage team as corporate account manager. The...

New president for ARLA

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) has announced the appointment of Valerie Bannister...

NAEA appoints new president

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has announced the appointment of Simon Gerrard...

Hope Capital hires HR specialist

Hope Capital has appointed its second new member of support staff in the past...

New faces for Blacks Solicitors

Leeds-based law firm Blacks Solicitors LLP has made a number of new appointments following...

SCF expands commercial and bridging team

Specialist Commercial Finance (SCF) has announced the appointment of Wes Friedel to its commercial...

New ops manager for SFS

Specialist Financial Services (SFS) has announced the appointment of Darren Grace as its new...

New Aldermore roles for Lankey and Haresnape

Aldermore has made two changes to its senior leadership team in its mortgages division. Commercial...

Clive Willson joins Brightstar Financial

Brightstar Financial has announced the appointment of Clive Willson as director of sales. Willson (pictured)...

Shawbrook appoints BDE for the South East

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has recruited Scott Apps as its new business development...

COMMENT

Lenders that adapt to customer and broker needs will be the winners

For UK mortgage brokers, the choice of lender partner has never been more important. In a market shaped by fluctuating rates, evolving regulation and increasing...

First-time landlords and first-time buyers are still entering the market

Despite the upheaval, new entrants have not vanished. First-time landlords are still active and, according to Hamptons, millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) are...

36 more pay cheques before you’re made redundant

Imagine getting that email in your inbox first thing this morning! I tell you what: for the sake of another thought-provoking, rib-jabbing article, let's pretend...

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it has for some time. That does not mean it is...

If pets are protected, why not families?

I’ve heard many advisers say that protection insurance has ‘gone to the dogs’, but it appears that this viewpoint is literal as opposed to...

Latest news

Luxury asset lender boosts broker commission

Suros Capital has increased the commission paid to brokers on completed loans secured against...

LMS adds Bath BS to its lender network

LMS has added Bath Building Society to its lender network, with the mutual joining...

MQube cuts Origo onboarding from weeks to days with AI

MQube has accelerated the onboarding of its Origo mortgage origination platform after launching a...

Ground rents to be capped at £250 for leaseholders

Ground rents for leaseholders in England and Wales are set to be capped at...

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