Appointments

SimplyBiz bolsters mortgage compliance team

SimplyBiz has announced the appointment of Simon Lovell and Kris Armstrong to its compliance...

Time Finance appoints relationship executive

Time Finance has welcomed Karen Blanchard to its invoice finance team as a relationship...

United Trust Bank appoints bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Gary Lomax as business development manager in its...

Four new divisional sales directors at Just Mortgages

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced the appointment of four new divisional sales directors...

Signature makes appointment covering the North and North West

Signature Property Finance has announced the appointment of Paul Ratcliffe as relationship manager for...

The Right Mortgage appoints compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the appointment of a new compliance...

Alternative Bridging makes BDM appointment

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Mike Halsey to the role of business development manager...

United Trust Bank appoints BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has appointed Rachel Shackleton to the role...

Pepper Money makes sales team hire

Pepper Money has appointed Sam Bickerton as regional development manager for Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire,...

OPDA finalises make-up of executive committee

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has confirmed the completion of its executive committee...

LSL announces senior level changes

LSL Group has revealed that Jon Round will be stepping down as group financial...

Somo appoints new relationship director

Short-term lender Somo Bridging has appointed Andrew Marsland as its new relationship director for...

Crystal Specialist Finance hires two telephone account managers

Crystal Specialist Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of two new...

HTB hires BDM for the Midlands

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Annie Crust as business development...

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

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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