Appointments

Important hire for Key Retirement Solutions

Billy Burrows has joined Key Retirement Solutions as associate director. Burrows will be the...

Arch promoted at the Saffron

Anita Arch has been promoted to the role of senior business development manager for...

Canada Life International hires risk head

Canada Life International has announced the appointment of Jonathan Hall as head of...

Kensington boosts intermediary team

Specialist lender Kensington is expanding its broker sales team, following its pledge to invest...

Aldermore appoints pair of non-execs

Aldermore has appointed two non-executive directors to its board. John Hitchins is a...

New BDM for the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has appointed Stuart Bryce as business development manager (BDM). Bryce...

Board appointment for Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group plc has announced the appointment of Simon Henry as an independent...

MSL strengthens underwriting team

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has appointed Krystle Clark to its underwriting department. Clark has 12...

The Saffron hires lending manager

Saffron Building Society has appointed Richard Clare as lending manager. He has responsibility for assessing...

Pepper UK appoints CFO

Pepper UK, the mortgage servicer formerly known as Oakwood Global Finance, has appointed Warren...

xit2’s Blackwell joins eTech

Mark Blackwell is to become the new director of lending and surveying services at...

The Cambridge appoints head of risk

The Cambridge Building Society has appointed Victoria Stubbs as head of risk. Stubbs...

United Trust Bank makes sales appointment

United Trust Bank has appointed Nick Warren as a business development manager in...

Borro strengthens BDM team

Borro, the personal asset lender, has boosted its intermediary development team with the addition...

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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