Appointments

HML hires compliance head

HML has appointed Martin Berry as head of compliance. Berry joins from KPMG where...

Ageas Protect appoints head of marketing and propositions

Ageas Protect has announced the appointment of Steve Casey to the role of head...

Directorial appointment at Openwork

Openwork has appointed Billy Hewitt as its new recruitment director for Scotland. Hewitt will...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager

Craig Stritch has been appointed as south west regional sales manager for Aldermore's invoice...

Duo added to Equity Release Council board

The Equity Release Council has appointed Liz Barclay and Jim Dredge as standards board...

Aldermore hires ops director for invoice finance

Aldermore Invoice Finance has appointed Lisa Cleaver as its operations director. She is based in...

LV= recruits non-exec director

LV= has appointed James Dean as the chairman of its audit committee. In his role,...

New sales manager at Omni Capital

Omni Capital has appointed Anthony Murphy to the position of sales manager. The specialist short-term...

Oakwood Global Finance hires commercial director

Martin Frazer has been appointed by Oakwood Global Finance as its commercial director. He is...

Colin Snowdon joins the Saffron

Saffron Building Society has appointed Colin Snowdon to the newly created position of executive...

Trio of appointments at Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced three new appointments in underwriting, sales support and finance. Maria Curatolo...

George Patellis joins West One Loans

George Patellis has joined West One Loans as head of strategy. He is tasking...

HML makes key appointment

John Grimbaldeston has joined HML as director of strategy and product development. He is tasked...

Assurant Solutions expands compliance team

Assurant Solutions has appointed John Miles as the latest member of its European compliance...

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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