Appointments

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

Stonebridge strengthens leadership team with head of people appointment

Stonebridge has appointed Lisa Margolis as head of people as the mortgage and protection...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

Lloyds strengthens housing development team

Lloyds Banking Group has strengthened its housing development team with a new specialist role...

Pivotal appoints Jon Round as chair of regulated advice firm

Pivotal has appointed Jon Round as chair of the board of Pivotal Financial Limited,...

Leeds appoints BDM to support Midlands brokers

Leeds Building Society has appointed Lee Nicholls as business development manager for the Midlands. Nicholls...

TMG Mortgage Network appoints Bob Scott to support adviser growth plans

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Bob Scott as sales and growth director as the...

TAB appoints Karen Rodrigues as director of sales

TAB has appointed Karen Rodrigues as director of sales as the specialist property finance...

Spicerhaart appoints first marketing director

Spicerhaart has appointed Olivia Moss as its first marketing and communications director, with a...

Ben Nichols succeeds Tim Parkes as CEO of RAW Capital Partners

RAW Capital Partners co-founder Tim Parkes has stepped down as CEO, with Ben Nichols...

Omni Protect appoints Dave Butler to development role

Omni Protect has appointed Dave Butler as head of protection development in a newly...

Finova appoints three directors for Manchester technology hub

Finova has appointed three senior technology directors to its Manchester hub as the software...

Afin Bank promotes Rob Lankey to chief commercial officer

Afin Bank has promoted Rob Lankey to chief commercial officer, with responsibility for the...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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