Appointments

Foundation Home Loans names new chief finance officer

Foundation Home Loans has confirmed the appointment of Michael Evans as its new chief...

Butterfield Mortgages adds to team with client relationship officer and intern

Butterfield Mortgages has strengthened its London team with two new appointments as the prime...

The Hanley Economic appoints new head of credit risk and lending strategy

Hanley Economic Building Society has named Oliver Slimm as its new head of credit...

UTB reshapes lending division as Sundeep Patel departs

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced a major restructuring of its lending operations alongside...

WeDo Business Finance strengthens growth drive with senior hire

WeDo Business Finance has appointed Aman Gill as head of credit risk and underwriting,...

HLPartnership invests in growth with new senior recruitment manager

HLPartnership (HLP) has strengthened its sales and recruitment team with the appointment of Scott...

Twenty7tec hires Sophie Holloman as national account manager

Twenty7tec has expanded its client relationships team with the appointment of Sophie Holloman as...

Guardian names new COO as it strengthens leadership team

Guardian has appointed Gower Wisdom as its new chief operating officer, effective 1 November,...

Nigel Robbins joins MT Finance as national account manager

MT Finance has appointed Nigel Robbins as its new national account manager and coincides...

Assetz Capital strengthens London and South East focus

Hans Laud-Anderson has joined Assetz Capital as its London and South East relationship director. With...

Alexander Snapes joins Tembo as head of CRM

Mortgage and savings platform Tembo has hired Alexander Snapes as its new head of...

United Trust Bank grows property development team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has bolstered it property development division as the bank continues...

HTB bolsters underwriting strength with new hires and promotion

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its underwriting teams across specialist mortgages and bridging...

Alternative Bridging makes new hires in Manchester and Hertfordshire

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added two internal business development managers to its sales team,...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

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...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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