30% said their profession had been considered unsteady and 28% said it was their volatile income that caused their mortgage to be declined.

The lender has reduced rates across its range by up to 1.64%.

Jane joins from Sesame Bankhall Group where she was director of programme management.

The Society has introduced a fee-free five-year fixed rate RIO mortgage.

Preeti joins from Just Mortgages, where she has spent over five years as regional director.

Rates have reduced by up to 0.29%.

The move aims to streamline support and deliver faster responses. 

The Society will now accept joint borrower sole proprietor applications across residential, buy-to-let and holiday let.

Dave Burke has also been promoted to head of buy-to-let underwriting.

Total product variants provided by the top 120 lenders is now 23,935.