Appointments

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days...

Chetwood Bank puts Alan Cleary back in the driving seat

Chetwood Bank has announced it has appointed respected industry expert Alan Cleary as interim...

First Mortgage Solutions appoints sales director

First Mortgage Solutions has appointed Jamie Morgan as sales director as the South Wales...

LendInvest strengthens development finance team

LendInvest has appointed Dan Lohn as relationship manager within its development finance team as...

Norton Home Loans promotes Jake Stringer to business development role

Norton Home Loans has promoted Jake Stringer to the position of telephone business development...

New Chetwood Bank hire to spearhead move into bridging

Chetwood Bank has appointed Richard Lawton as director of bridging as it prepares to...

Together strengthens board with new NED appointment

Together has appointed Andy Higginson as a non-executive director to its board, with effect...

Butterfield Mortgages appoints senior relationship manager

Butterfield Mortgages has appointed Tom Blackmore as its new senior relationship manager, strengthening the...

Joint venture seeks to expand commercial finance in Scotland

Watts Commercial Finance has joined forces with Edinburgh-based Cox & Co to launch Cox...

Just Mortgages appoints area director for Midlands and South West

Just Mortgages has strengthened its self-employed management team with the appointment of Alex Clifford...

Primis strengthens sales team with SW appointment

Primis has promoted Jade Clayton to regional sales director for the South West, effective...

London Credit strengthens Midlands presence with new BDM hire

London Credit has expanded its regional footprint with the appointment of Sophie Jones-Trutwein as...

Pivotal Growth names new group chief executive

Pivotal Growth, the mortgage broker consolidator, has appointed Mayank Prakash CBE as its new...

Quantum Mortgages appoints new BDMs

Quantum Mortgages has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of two new business...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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