Appointments

Phil Spencer to be ‘brand ambassador’ for Zoopla

TV property show presenter Phil Spencer has been appointed as a brand ambassador for...

Aldermore expands specialist property development team

Aldermore has promoted Andy Sears to the role of property development manager. The specialist team...

Y3S helps Shawbrook complete largest loan

Shawbrook Bank has completed on a £330,000 secured loan, its largest to date. ...

The Yorkshire hires general manager

The Yorkshire Building Society has appointed a new general manager, with responsibility for developing...

N&P grows commercial lending team

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has hired two new commercial lending managers. This comes as...

Paymentshield makes senior appointment

Paymentshield has appointed Lee Gladwell as interim proposition director. Gladwell, who will...

OFT appoints chief economist

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced the appointment of Chris Walters as...

Personal touch appoints senior GI manager

Personal Touch has appointed Victoria Jefferies to the position of senior GI manager. Jefferies has...

Two new board members at AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has added two new broker members to its...

Shawbrook Bank appoints savings chief

Shawbrook Bank has appointed James Blower as its new director of savings. He...

Shawbrook hires pair of commercial BDMs

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial lending business has appointed Richard Angell and Ian Hoggart as business...

The Loans Engine appoints marketing manager

Secured loan master broker The Loans Engine has appointed Millie Dyson as its marketing...

Personal Touch appoints non-executive director

Personal Touch has announced the appointment of Mark Wadelin as a new non-executive director. Formerly...

Nigel Payne joins BuildLoan

BuildStore Financial Services has appointed Nigel Payne as associate director to its broker division,...

COMMENT

Lenders that adapt to customer and broker needs will be the winners

For UK mortgage brokers, the choice of lender partner has never been more important. In a market shaped by fluctuating rates, evolving regulation and increasing...

First-time landlords and first-time buyers are still entering the market

Despite the upheaval, new entrants have not vanished. First-time landlords are still active and, according to Hamptons, millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) are...

36 more pay cheques before you’re made redundant

Imagine getting that email in your inbox first thing this morning! I tell you what: for the sake of another thought-provoking, rib-jabbing article, let's pretend...

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it has for some time. That does not mean it is...

If pets are protected, why not families?

I’ve heard many advisers say that protection insurance has ‘gone to the dogs’, but it appears that this viewpoint is literal as opposed to...

Latest news

Brilliant adds Scroll Finance to loans panel

Brilliant Group has added Scroll Finance to the secured loans panel of its specialist...

Simplybiz and FIBA launch specialist finance panel

Simplybiz Mortgages and the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) have collaborated to launch...

Younger PMI policyholders turn to mental health support

New research from Howden Life & Health shows diagnostic tests and scans are the...

Roma Finance launches landlord refurb buy-to-let deal

Roma Finance has launched a refurb buy-to-let product designed to support landlords and property...

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