Appointments

Shawbrook appoints lending manager

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Kynan Benjamin as a lending manager in the commercial...

SortRefer hires ops manager

Online conveyancing portal SortRefer has appointed Annabel Halhead to the role of operations manager. Halhead...

Pancredit appoints finance director

Pancredit has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of Seema Sangar as...

NWIS ramps up BDM proposition

NatWest Intermediary Solutions (NWIS) has created a new phone-based business development manager (BDM) and...

Aldermore strengthens asset finance team

Aldermore has appointed Ian Corbett to the newly created position of head of specialist...

United Trust Bank strengthens development finance team

United Trust Bank has appointed Adam Bovingdon and Steve Brigly to its development finance...

MTF hires head of marketing and communications

Bridging lender MTF has appointed Millie Dyson as its head of marketing and communications. ...

Enterprise Finance hires five BDMs

Enterprise Finance has announced the addition of five new business development managers to its...

Aegon poaches LV= duo

Aegon has expanded its protection sales team with the appointment of a new distribution...

Major departures at CHL

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans Ltd (CHL), has left the lender. Young...

FOS appoints chief ombudsman and chief executive

The board of the Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Caroline Wayman as chief ombudsman...

Alan Munday joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed Alan Munday as a credit manager as...

Thomas Jefferson joins loan provider

Borro has announced an addition to its management team with the appointment of Thomas...

UTB to launch professional lending deal

United Trust Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday to launch a new professional...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

TMG adds Gable Mortgages to lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Gable Mortgages to its lender panel, giving member firms...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

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