Appointments

LendInvest appoints new director of fundraising

LendInvest has announced a new senior hire to its funds team with Harry Hall...

Pure Retirement appoints independent NED

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of David Marlow as an independent non-executive director. Marlow...

Market Harborough BS appoints head of sales

Specialist lender Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has hired Richard Saunders as its new...

Brightstar Financial expands management team

Brightstar Financial has bolstered its management team with the promotion of Chantelle Haley to...

Berkeley Alexander appoints sales & business development director

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has appointed Craig Powell as its new sales &...

HLPartnership appoints recruitment manager

Mortgage & Protection network, HLPartnership (HLP), has announced the appointment of Bob Scott as...

Alternative Bridging appoints head of sales for the North

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Paul Gavin to the role of head of sales,...

Envelop appoints BDM for the North

Envelop has expanded its presence in the North of England with the appointment of...

Just Mortgages appoints five new regional directors

National brokerage Just Mortgages has revealed the appointment of five new regional directors to...

Family Building Society appoints BDM

The Family Building Society has expanded its team of business development managers (BDMs) with...

The Exeter appoints new customer service director

Protection and health provider, the Exeter, has announced the appointment of Claire Hird as...

New senior team for Equity Release Associates

Adviser network, Equity Release Associates (ERA), has made a pair of senior appointments. Justin Wysocki...

The Mortgage Lender makes distribution department promotions

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced a series of promotions within its distribution team. Sara...

Scottish Friendly appoints chief operating officer

Scottish Friendly has appointed Stephen Campbell as chief operating officer. Campbell (pictured) has over 25...

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

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...

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