Appointments

Direct Life seeks new apprentices

Direct Life is looking to take on three new apprentices to start work in...

Stephen Johnson promoted at Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson, managing director of Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division, has been promoted to...

FHL launches development team

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has established a sales development team under Paul Brett, director...

New board appointments at the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has announced the appointment of Jeremy Cross as chairman. The...

Y3S hires group marketing manager

Y3S Group has added to its management team with the recruitment of Helen Petko...

Cirencester Friendly appoints two new non-execs

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Mark Sedgley and Ian Maude as non-executive directors. Sedgley (pictured) has...

NatWest IS appoints pair of BDMs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has hired Alan Hanks as the new field-based business development manager...

New role for Mirfin at Key Retirement

Key Retirement has appointed Dean Mirfin to the newly-created role of technical director. Mirfin, one...

Trio expands Roma Finance team

Roma Finance has announced three new appointments. Steve Heaton and Marley Clarke have joined as...

New COO for Welcome Financial Services

Cattles has made changes to key management roles. The lender has announced that Paul...

Ultimate Finance makes capital hire

Carlos Gonzalez has been appointed by Ultimate Finance as regional director in central London. He...

Key hire at Key Retirement

Key Retirement has appointed Kevin Stelfox as its director of retirement options and wealth...

Two key hires for RSA

RSA has strengthened its Affinity and Intermediated Retail teams with the appointment of two...

Shawbrook creates senior loan manager position

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Joylie Bates to the post of senior loan manager in...

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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