The new roles include a chief sales officer, regional sales managers and business development executives.

The acquisition represented Allica’s first entry into the bridging market.

Gemma has a career spanning over 20 years in financial services.

Among the new roles are CFO, product and delivery director, and commercial director.

House price inflation varies widely across the UK with faster price inflation outside southern England.

The Bank can now lend on restricted holiday lets with an increased ICR.

The bank is reportedly exploring a number of strategic options, one of which is exiting the British market.

A record number of early-bird new sellers have come to market since Boxing Day, giving buyers the highest level of choice at the start of a year since 2015.

The new range can be used both in conjunction with Roma’s bridging and development lending and as a standalone buy-to-let solution.

We spoke to Christopher Blewitt, head of mortgage distribution at Darlington Building Society, about the Society's first-time buyer and buy-to-let propositions, the core areas/borrower...