Appointments

Former Wales and Lions rugby star joins Howden

Howden has appointed former Wales and British & Irish Lions rugby player Dafydd James...

TMG Mortgage Network appoints Danny Belton in senior club and partnerships role

TMG Mortgage Network has made its most high-profile hire to date, appointing Danny Belton...

Emily Carr to lead diaspora mortgage initiative at Afin Bank

Afin Bank has appointed Emily Carr as mortgage advisor to head up its new...

Access FS appointment to lead recruitment strategy

Access Financial Services has appointed Rob Jarvis as business development manager, tasking him with...

Aspen Bridging appoints new BDM for Midlands and North

Aspen Bridging has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Kevin Beale as...

Millbrook appoints head to lead commercial property finance expansion

Millbrook Business Finance has appointed Stuart Benge as head of commercial property finance as...

Paymentshield expands senior sales team to strengthen intermediary partnerships

Paymentshield has doubled the size of its national account management team in a restructure...

Ultimate Finance chief joins NACFB board

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers has appointed Josh Levy, chief executive of...

Together hires corporate sales director for London & SE

Together has strengthened its corporate finance team with the appointment of experienced financial services...

The Exeter appoints new company secretary

The Exeter has named Karen Senior as its new company secretary, following the retirement...

RAW Capital Partners strengthens sales team with two promotions

RAW Capital Partners has promoted two members of its Guernsey-based sales team in recognition...

Redwood strengthens North East presence with senior promotion

Redwood Bank has strengthened its position in the North East with the promotion of...

Tim Miller appointed chief operating officer at Stonebridge

Stonebridge has named Tim Miller, former chief operating officer for APAC at Bluestone, to...

Paragon Bank appoints BDM for Central region

Paragon Bank has appointed Gary Dean as business development manager for the central England...

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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