Appointments

The Saffron appoints CEO designate

Saffron Building Society has announced the appointment of Colin Field as chief executive officer...

Brightstar makes specialist appointment

Brightstar has appointed Brian Hayes, a former IFA, to provide advice and guidance to...

Bibby strengthens southern team

Independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has hired Sarah Hatswell, Paul Marjoram...

Pepper UK appoints residential servicing MD

Pepper UK has promoted Gerry McHugh, its former chief operating officer, to the newly...

The Leeds expands its intermediary team

The Leeds Building Society has restructured its intermediary team. It will come under the leadership...

Nigel Payne to lead TFC Homeloans

Industry veteran Nigel Payne has joined specialist distributor TFC Homeloans as its managing director. In...

Precise hires pair of national sales managers

Precise Mortgages has expanded its sales team with the recruitment of two senior sales...

Saffron For Intermediaries hires telephone-based BDM

Saffron For Intermediaries has appointed Lewis Wheeler as a telephone-based business development manager. Wheeler (pictured)...

Bower Retirement Services appoints business development head

Equity release adviser firm Bower Retirement Services has appointed Georgina Oxton to the newly...

Ultimate Finance expands North East presence

Ultimate Finance has appointed David Paget to cover the North East. Paget (pictured), who...

Compliance First appoints managing director

Glasgow-based compliance and business support company Compliance First, which is part of the SimplyBiz...

Aldermore hires home counties relationship manager

Sarah McCawley has joined the residential mortgages team at Aldermore as a field-based relationship...

Peter Curran joins Countrywide plc

Countrywide plc has appointed Peter Curran to its financial services division, effective from 1...

Mortgage Brain appoints new national account manager

Mortgage Brain has appointed Chris Brown as one of its new national account managers. ...

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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