Appointments

Simon Stern exits Prestige Finance

Simon Stern, business development director at Prestige Finance, is leaving the business. Stern had been...

Duggan to leave Paymentshield

Gary Duggan, CEO of Paymentshield, is leaving his post to take up the position...

Shawbrook makes broker introducer support hire

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Jack Simon as an outbound sales executive to its internal...

Target Group appoints CFO

Target Group has announced the appointment of Ian Larkin as chief financial officer...

Aldermore hires lending team manager

Aldermore has appointed Craig Farmer as its centralised lending team manager with responsibility for...

Ageas Retail CEO quits

Mark Cliff, CEO of Ageas Retail, has resigned and will join Brightside as executive...

Berkeley Alexander hires new sales manager

Berkeley Alexander has announced the appointment of David Browne as its new sales manager....

Connect Mortgage Club appoints new compliance manager

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has appointed Paul Simons as the network's compliance manager. Simons previously...

New BDM for Broker Conveyancing

Broker Conveyancing has announced the appointment of Steve Emblem as a new business development...

Jon King joins Bower Retirement Services

Equity release adviser firm Bower Retirement Services has announced the arrival of Jon King...

Cirencester Friendly appoints marketing head

Rebecca Young has been promoted by Cirencester Friendly to the role of head of...

John Prust returns

John Prust has joined LendInvest as head of sales and marketing for its lending...

New head of sales for Select & Protect parent

Affinity and financial intermediary insurance provider, Hood Group, has appointed Alison Haines to the...

Dragonfly hires residential development head

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Gavin Eustace as its head of residential development. Eustace joins...

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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