Appointments

Fincorp boosts broker sales team

Fincorp has hired Gary Playle as business development manager. His appointment comes as the bridging...

Xit2 hires commercial director

Stuart Webster has been appointed commercial director at xit2. Webster comes to the mortgage...

MAB appoints key account director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Simon Hendy as its key account director. He will...

New hire for Keystone

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has appointed Julie Priest as its business manager...

Funding Circle grows intermediary team

Peer-to-peer business lender Funding Circle is expanding its intermediary development team with the appointments...

First Complete appoints new area compliance manager

Ian Ibbertson has joined the First Complete network as an area compliance manager from...

Ex-Tuita new business head joins Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has appointed Andy Jacovou as new business consultant. He will be working for...

Borro hires senior vice president

Borro has appointed Chris Willis as senior vice president. Willis comes from Seatwave, the...

John Mawdsley joins V Loans

V Loans has appointed John Mawdsley to lead its business development and strategic partners...

NatWest IS appoints corporate account manager

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed Andy Ingham as its new corporate account manager. Ingham (pictured)...

Bridgebank Capital bolsters underwriting department

Bridgebank Capital has made a new senior appointment in its Underwriting department. Stephen Rowland...

Bridgebank appoints company accountant

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Lesley Gibbons in a new senior management role of company...

New non-exec director at Tenet

Tenet has confirmed the appointment of Barry Meeks as non-executive director. Meeks has held numerous...

Linear appointed sales director

Matthew Graves has been appointed in the new role of sales director of Linear....

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

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

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

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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