Appointments

Neil Hoare joins network’s SMT

Neil Hoare is joining HomeLoan Partnership as its commercial director. Hoare joins from previous senior...

New BDM hire for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Daniel Parry as a regional business development manager in...

Alpha Bridging to establish BDM team

Alpha Bridging has revealed plans to build a national sales team after recruiting business...

First 4 Bridging appoints managing director

Master broker First 4 Bridging has recruited Lorenzo Satchell as its new managing director. He...

Target Group appoints director of change

Target Group has announced the appointment of Buddy Willard as director of change. Willard...

PTFS restructure sees Neil Hoare depart

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has merged its sales and marketing functions. As a...

The Dudley appoints new lending head

Dudley Building Society has appointed Jonathan Moore as its new head of lending. He will...

Six join Bibby in Bristol

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed six new staff to its Bristol sales and...

New non-execs for the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors. Andrew Neden joined...

Insurer appoints farming figure to board

NFU Mutual has appointed Dr Christine Kennedy to its board of directors. Kennedy is a...

The Saffron appoints interim CEO

The Saffron Building Society has announced the appointment of Mike Kirsch as interim CEO,...

Vantage Finance appoints head of sales

Vantage Finance has recruited Tim Bennett as its new head of sales. The packager says...

New chairman for the CML

Moray McDonald will be the new chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)...

Colin Bell to run lending at OneSavings Bank

OneSavings Bank has appointed Colin Bell as its product and new business director. He now...

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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