Appointments

Brightstar hires its first BDM

Brightstar has appointed Chris Bennett as its first business development manager (BDM). He will report...

Royal London appoints non-executive director

Royal London has announced the appointment of Sally Bridgeland as a non-executive director. Bridgeland spent...

Key appointments for Masthaven Finance

Masthaven Finance has appointed Steve Brennan as head of underwriting for its bridging division. It...

Marsh & Parsons hires new homes director

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its residential development & investment (RDI) team with...

KR Group hires COO

KR Group, which trades as Key Retirement, has announced the appointment of Michael Schaefer...

New lending manager for Shawbrook

Paul O'Hara has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank as a lending manager in its...

Paymentshield appoints CFO

Rob Evans has been appointed to the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at...

Bibby appoints head of sales for the north east

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Mike Day as its head of sales for...

NACFB appoints new chairman

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed Paul Goodman as its...

Smart Money hires business development head

Smart Money has appointed Steve Pollard to the newly created role of head of...

Openwork hires distribution director

Openwork has appointed Dave Ewens to the position of distribution director. Ewens joins Openwork...

NatWest IS hires trio of BDMs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed three new phone-based business development managers (BDMs). Phillipa Healey has...

Investec Private Bank hires Peter Izard

Investec Private Banking has announced the appointment of Peter Izard as business development manager. Izard...

AMI hires new senior policy adviser

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has appointed Aileen Lees as its new senior...

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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