Appointments

BDM hire for Intelligent Loans

Intelligent Loans has appointed Katherine Simmons as its business development manager. Simmons has over 10 years’...

Important hire for Bibby

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed former Lloyds Commercial Finance Client and Collateral Management...

General manager of Canada Life to step down

Canada Life has announced the retirement of Ian Gilmour from his position as executive...

New Complaints Commissioner appointed

The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have announced the appointment...

Non-exec hire for TSB Bank

TSB Bank has confirmed the appointment, subject to regulatory approval, of Mark Fisher as...

Pepper UK creates COO role

Pepper UK, the mortgage servicer formerly known as Oakwood Global Finance, has promoted Gerry...

FCA appoints pair of senior advisers

David Saunders and Gunner Burkhart have been appointed as senior advisers at the Financial...

Underwriting hire for Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed Trudy Kane to its underwriting team. Kane has 13 years' financial...

UTB hires HR chief

United Trust Bank has appointed Georgie Reisser-Weston as head of human resources. Reisser-Weston (pictured)...

NatWest IS appoints BDM pair

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs). The appointments have been...

New hire for Norton Broker Services

Norton Broker Services has recruited Andrew Bonner to join Neil Organ and Lee Schofield...

Sturgess joins Magellan

Magellan Homeloans has appointed Jon Sturgess as its new head of sales. Sturgess (pictured)...

Brian Baker joins Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed Brian Baker to the newly created position of head of...

Shawbrook makes commercial mortgage appointment

Matthew Woods has been appointed as junior sales executive in Shawbrook Bank’s commercial 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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