Appointments

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Ampla Finance adds three to team as it builds support for introducers

Ampla Finance has made three senior team changes across underwriting, compliance and growth as...

Mercantile Trust promotes Nina Kainth to head of sales

Mercantile Trust has promoted Nina Kainth to head of sales, bringing its business development...

HLPartnership adds Jon Cooke as board adviser

HLPartnership has appointed estate agency executive Jon Cooke as a board adviser, in a...

Afin Bank adds underwriter to specialist lending team

Afin Bank has appointed Lisa Taylor as an underwriter as the specialist lender continues...

Finova Broker appoints Ben Radford to lead Broker Payments

Finova Broker has promoted Ben Radford to head of Finova Broker Payments, the mortgage...

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...

Together strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Together has added further experience to its broker-facing team, with Annie Crust bringing more...

Tembo appoints James Young to lead data and insights

Tembo has appointed James Young as director of data and insights as the savings...

LHV Bank unveils interim director of retail banking

LHV Bank has appointed Alex Beavis as interim director of retail banking as it...

OneDome Growth Partners promotes Jason Bryant to head of growth

OneDome Growth Partners has appointed Jason Bryant as head of growth as it looks...

L&G creates chief customer officer role to unify service across retirement divisions

Legal & General has appointed Sarah Spooner to a newly created chief customer officer...

Twenty7tec adds two to marketing team

Twenty7tec has appointed Ellisha Jade and Sam Cane to its marketing team as it...

Foundation promotes internally and welcomes back former staff member

Foundation has strengthened its intermediary sales team with an internal promotion and a returning...

COMMENT

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

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AR market consolidates as revenues rise despite fewer principal firms

The UK's appointed representative market is becoming more concentrated, with fewer principal firms overseeing...

Hodge broadens property lending criteria across residential ranges

Hodge Bank has expanded its property lending criteria, widening access to mortgage finance for...

GCC searches for UK homes rise 16%

Searches for UK residential property from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) investors increased by 16%...

Mortgage market still failing to understand freelancers

The mortgage market has yet to fully adapt to the growth of freelance and...

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