Appointments

Zurich makes key sales appointment

Zurich has appointed Alan Ferguson to head up its sales team in Scotland and...

Expansion for C2it Commercial Collections

C2it Commercial Collections is relocating to a larger office in August 2014. The move...

Deepbridge appoints marketing head

Specialist investment manager Deepbridge Capital has announced the appointments of Andrew Aldridge as head...

Bibby hires corporate sales director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed former HSBC Corporate Invoice and Equipment finance...

Shawbrook hires credit relationship manager

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Tim Rist to the new role as credit relationship manager,...

New hires for Century 21 UK

Century 21 UK, the estate and lettings agency franchisor, has announced the appointment of...

Trio of BDMs joins NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed three new field-based business development managers (BDMs). Lisa Taylor will...

Shawbrook expands commercial sales team

Shawbrook Bank has recruited Rob Holt as a junior sales executive to its commercial...

New chairman for the ABI

Paul Evans, group chief executive of AXA UK, has been nominated by the board...

Brightstar Financial recruits mortgage director

Brightstar Financial has hired Chris Bramham as director of mortgages. He will be responsible...

Spencer Gale joins Magellan

Magellan Homeloans has appointed Spencer Gale as regional sales manager with responsibility for the...

Gary Little joins Society of Mortgage Professionals

Gary Little has been confirmed as the new head of operations & membership at...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager for West Yorkshire

Aldermore has added to its invoice Finance sales team with the appointment of...

Castle Trust appoints head of sales

Castle Trust has promoted Alex Upton to the position of head of mortgage...

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

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...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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