Appointments

Pepper Advantage names Wye as UK chief

Pepper Advantage has appointed Matthew Wye as CEO of its UK business, effective from...

Market Harborough appoints deputy finance chief

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Brad Nicholls as Deputy Chief Finance Officer as...

Colin Sanders and Sundeep Patel to develop bridging proposition for Paragon

Paragon Bank has appointed Colin Sanders and Sundeep Patel to develop a bridging finance...

Afin Bank appoints three regional business development managers

Afin Bank has hired three regional business development managers to cover the North, South...

Fintech entrepreneur joins Swansea Building Society board

Swansea Building Society has appointed financial technology entrepreneur Martin Breach as a non-executive director. Breach...

Hampshire Trust Bank recruits London business development manager

Hampshire Trust Bank has appointed Cain Lam as a business development manager in its...

Dudley Building Society hires two senior managers

Dudley Building Society has appointed Jayne Roberts as head of lending and Richard McDonald...

Pepper Money expands broker support with two regional appointments

Pepper Money has appointed two regional development managers to support mortgage brokers in the...

LendInvest appoints Darrell Walker to lead mortgage division

LendInvest has appointed Darrell Walker as managing director of mortgages as the specialist lender...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Equity Release Council names John Godfrey as chair

John Godfrey, the former head of the No 10 policy unit, has been appointed...

Bruton Knowles strengthens Midlands valuation team with senior appointment

Bruton Knowles has appointed Jimmy James as an associate in its national valuation team,...

Tandem Bank appoints southern account manager as second charge lending grows

Tandem Bank has appointed Lloyd Turner as southern account manager as it seeks to...

Nova appoints Andrew Smith as commercial director

Conveyancing provider Nova has appointed Andrew Smith as commercial director as it seeks to...

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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