Dudley Building Society has launched a new range of five-year fixed rate mortgage products. The range is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of borrowers, including homebuyers, expats, landlords and holiday let owners, offering LTVs of up to 90%. The residential five-year rates are available at 5.28% and 5.34% at up to 75% and 90% LTV respectively, both with a £999 arrangement fee. Expat residential mortgages are available at 5.44% and 5.49% at 75% and 85% LTV respectively and come with a £1,999 arrangement fee, while buy-to-let and holiday rates start at 5.38% at up to 80% LTV with a £1,499 fee.

HLPartnership has appointed Matt Brown as its new propositions director. He brings over 20 years of financial services experience to the role, most recently serving as head of proposition at PRIMIS Mortgage Network. Prior to this, he spent three years as a national account manager at eConveyancer, after starting his career at NatWest, where he held several leadership positions during his 14 years at the bank.

April Boyes has been appointed as a new business manager in Together’s commercial team. She joins the lender to bolster the firm’s immediate house sales team, which provides finance for professional property buyers to quickly purchase properties. Boyes brings over a decade of experience in the property sector to the role, having worked as an estate agent and an adviser to clients on UK and offshore property investors. She started her career at Foxtons as a lending negotiator, going on to hold property consultant positions at JLL Residential and Beech Holdings, before setting up Anchor Property Group on her own.

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