Appointments

Barclays appointee to lead mortgages, savings and insurance

Barclays UK has announced the appointment of Jatin Patel to its executive team, where...

Richard Sexton joins HouzeCheck as commercial director

Proptech surveying platform HouzeCheck has appointed mortgage valuations veteran Richard Sexton as its new...

LSL Financial Services appoints chief operating officer

Martin Taphouse has been appointed as chief operating officer of LSL Financial Services. Taphouse (pictured)...

bClear Communications boosts mortgage PR team

bClear Communications has made two major appointments to strengthen its mortgage PR team. James Staunton...

Howden Insurance welcomes pair to account management team

Howden, the global insurance group, has appointed Hannah Joyce and David Bennett to its...

First adviser transfers from Just Mortgages to Just Wealth

Just Wealth, the financial advice arm of national brokerage Just Mortgages, has announced that...

Vida Bank appoints Stuart Sinclair as new chair

Vida Bank has appointed Stuart Sinclair as its new chair, subject to regulatory approval. He...

Buckinghamshire BS appoints telephone BDM

Buckinghamshire Building Society has appointed Georgia Smith as a telephone business development manager (TBDM). Smith...

Nikki Haworth joins Rockstead as senior business development manager

Mortgage expert Nikki Haworth has joined industry compliance and solutions firm Rockstead as senior...

HNW bridging lender appoints chief commercial officer

Tenn has appointed Chris Wright as chief commercial officer. As part of the appointment, Wright...

New director for Linear Financial Solutions

Matt Surridge has been appointed as director of Linear Financial Solutions. Surridge (pictured) starts his...

Market Harborough adds pair to field-based sales team

Market Harborough Building Society has added two new specialist business development manager (BDM) roles. Alex Doveston...

Reward Funding creates head of partnerships role

Reward Funding has appointed Adrian Stalley as its first head of partnerships. Stalley (pictured, centre)...

VAS welcomes six new starters

VAS has announced a number of new appointments. Among the six new starters, Joe Bates...

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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