Appointments

Glenhawk expands BDM team

Glenhawk has appointed Alex Robertson and Harleigh French to lead its internal telephone business...

Crystal Specialist Finance appoints director of marketing

Specialist distributor Crystal Specialist Finance has announced the appointment of Suzanne Aspden as director...

Leeds BS reveals new chair

Leeds Building Society has announced that Brendan McCafferty will become its next chair from...

Reward makes trio of managerial appointments

Reward Funding has made three key managerial appointments across client relationships and business development...

Just Mortgages hires Sheffield-based area director

Just Mortgages has expanded its self-employed management team in the north with the appointment...

Skipton BS recruits head of mortgage lending

Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Simon Farrell-Roberts as head of mortgage...

LiveMore appoints marketing chief

LiveMore has appointed Mai Fenton as chief marketing officer (CMO). The new role has been...

SBG hires marketing & brand and HR directors

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the arrival of two new figures in its...

Time Finance expands asset finance team

Time Finance has appointed Sophie Aitken as a broker manager in its asset finance...

United Trust Bank Mortgages appoints head of sales

United Trust Bank Mortgages has announced the promotion of Chris Pedlar to the position...

Former regulator becomes Afin Bank NED

Afin Bank has appointed David Kenmir as an independent non-executive director (NED). Kenmir has over...

Old face returns to Foundation

Foundation Home Loans' Solutions by Foundation brand has welcomed David Wheatley back to the...

Tandem appoints chief financial officer

Tandem Bank has appointed Matt Dobson as its new chief financial officer (CFO), subject...

Hope Capital appoints pair of national account managers

Hope Capital has restructured its sales team alongside the promotions of David Weir and...

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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