Appointments

The DPS appoints new managing director

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has appointed Julian Foster as its new managing...

Wesleyan appoints general insurance MD

Wesleyan, the financial services specialist for doctors, dentists, teachers and lawyers, has promoted Ahmed...

Birketts strengthens property law service

Nick Pickersgill has joined the commercial property team at law firm Birketts as a...

Contour Capital makes senior hire

Specialist property lender and investor Contour Capital has appointed Gordon Mackie as a director. ...

Bibby hires East Midlands corporate manager

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Barry Lee as corporate manager in the East Midlands. Lee...

Ian Clarke joins TMA

Ian Clarke is to join TMA as a key account manager, tasked with helping support...

Ageas makes key partner hire

Ageas by appointed Gareth Robb as broker account executive. He is tasked with helping develop...

Brightstar expands specialist first charge team

Brightstar Finance has recruited Kevin Ward to join the specialist first charge and buy-to-let...

Shawbrook hires new BDM in Scotland

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Peter McDermid as the new business development manager (BDM) for...

Target Group makes senior hire

Financial services outsourcing and software provider Target Group has announced the appointment of Mark...

New head of mortgages at Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has announced that Tracie Pearce, the mutual's head of savings,...

The Leeds hires new build specialist

The Leeds Building Society has appointed a new corporate account manager specialising in the...

Affirmative expands its operation

Short-term finance provider Affirmative Finance has appointed Gareth Broome to its sales team. Broome,...

Bibby bolsters Scottish operation

Bibby Financial Services has strengthened its Inverness, Stirlingshire and Perthshire team with the appointment of...

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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