Appointments

HTB appoints bridging BDM for Anglia and Midlands

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its bridging team with the appointment of Daniel...

SBG appoints DA distribution director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Claire Cherrington as Directly Authorised (DA) distribution director,...

Bibby Financial Services appoints HR director

SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Hannah Bloxham as its new HR...

Uinsure appoints chief technology officer

Uinsure has promoted Ross Tyler’s to chief technology officer (CTO). Tyler (pictured) joined the business...

L&G’s Beardmore to retire with Hyett set to succeed her

Legal & General Retail has announces that Claire Beardmore will be leaving the role...

BrokerIQ to expand into wealth sector

BrokerIQ has announced the appointment of Robert Wood as non-executive advisory lead to oversee...

Canada Life appoints pair of NEDs

Canada Life has appointed new board directors during a period of transformation and modernisation...

Time Finance appoints head of sales for SW and Wales

Time Finance has announced that Mike Freebury has taken up the role within its...

Just Mortgages bolsters compliance management team

Just Mortgages has announced the promotion of compliance specialist Colin Robson to the role...

Shepherds Friendly appoints new chief sales officer

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Phil Nash as chief sales officer. Nash (pictured)...

Rosemount recruits with one eye on tech

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has made a...

AMI reveals Sinclair’s successor as chief executive

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has announced that Stephanie Charman has been appointed...

Hinckley & Rugby appoints two new telephone BDMs

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society (HRBS) has appointed Nina Andrew and Lauren Baylis as...

Just Mortgages appoints new divisional sales director

Just Mortgages has expanded its employed division with the appointment of Ray Rodrigo as...

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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