Appointments

L&C Mortgages appoints chief marketing officer

L&C Mortgages has appointed Gemma Bacon as its chief marketing officer (CMO). Bacon's previous roles...

OSB Group promotions to focus on bridging and commercial demand

OSB Group has announced promotions within its sales teams to "strengthen its expertise and...

OneFamily appoints head of distribution

The OneFamily Group has appointed Adam Cubitt as head of distribution for its Beagle...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints managing director

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Secure...

CoreLogic bolsters senior leadership team

CoreLogic has announced a number of senior appointments to bolster its growth plans for...

PEXA appoints new UK CTO

PEXA has announced the appointment of Nitesh Thadani to the role of UK chief...

Norton Home Loans hires new BDM for the South

Norton Home Loans has appointed Corey Whelan as a new business development manager (BDM)...

NACFB appoints broker pair as NEDs

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed two broker members to...

OneFamily appoints non-executive director

The OneFamily Group has announced the appointment of Phil Willcock as a non-executive director...

Market Harborough expands mortgage broker team

Market Harborough Building Society has added new recruits to its broker team, with two...

Funding 365 reveals new head of relationship management

Funding 365 has announced the promotion of Allegra Sykes to head of relationship management. Sykes...

Shepherds Friendly appoints chair

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Mark Myers as its new chair. The society,...

Finova reconfigures senior leadership team

Finova has announced important changes to its senior leadership team. Paraag Davé is formally taking...

Fiducia Commercial Network appoints Chambers

Fiducia Commercial Network has appointed Norman Chambers as its new executive relationship director. Chambers (pictured)...

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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