Appointments

Shawbrook makes finance appointments

Shawbrook Bank has created two new senior roles within its finance team. Tom Wood has...

Izard joins the Saffron

Saffron Building Society has appointed Peter Izard as head of mortgages. He will be...

Funding Circle builds intermediary team

Funding Circle has appointed James Lovett as business development manager. Lovett has joined from Close...

Kevin Jones joins InterBay

InterBay Commercial has appointed Kevin Jones as its sales and marketing director. Jones...

Avelo hires strategic programme manager

Avelo has appointed Kevin Burrows as strategic programme manager. He joins Avelo with over...

Change at the top for Avelo

Avelo has appointed a new managing director. The technology solutions provider said that Simon Badley,...

New BBA chairman “to help restore trust and confidence in banking”

Sir Nigel Wicks, chairman of Euroclear, is to be the new chairman of the...

Payne joins rebuildingsociety.com

Peer-to-business lending platform rebuildingsociety.com has announced the appointment of Nigel Payne, the former managing...

Senior recruits at Cadogan Keelan Westall

Cadogan Keelan Westall has added to its management team with the appointment of Amanda...

LV= makes key retirement appointment

Stuart Wilson has joined LV= as head of marketing for its retirement solutions business. Wilson...

Aldermore Invoice Finance appoints regional sales manager

Ian Adams has been appointed by Aldermore Invoice Finance as regional sales manager. Adams (pictured)...

Politicians appointed to Equity Release Council board

The Equity Release Council has appointed several senior politicians to its newly formed Advisory...

Three new hires for Enterprise

Enterprise Finance has made a trio of appointments. Paul Huxter joins Enterprise as a business...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager

Sean Thomson has been appointed by Aldermore to the role of regional sales manager...

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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