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Furness Building Society has strengthened its mortgage team by appointing two new regional development managers. 

The society has developed new mortgage products that have achieved “Best Buy” status on Moneyfacts comparison website.  Business through mortgage brokers has reached its highest level for more than a year and increased by around 75 per cent over the last month.

Ian Bell, General Manager, Marketing and Development said “There has been an excellent response to our new fixed rate and discounted mortgage products which is bringing in new mortgage customers from across the country, in particular through the mortgage brokers. 

“Strengthening our regional development team will enable us to further build our relationships with mortgage brokers and extend to them the same sort of friendly personal service that customers get across the counter in our branches when taking advantage of these industry-leading products”.

The regional development managers are John Thompson, Tina Bowles and Phil Lawford.

John has been with the Furness for almost 30 years.  He lives in Ulverston and covers the north of England from Barrow across to the North East, up to the Scottish Borders and down to Preston. 

Tina Bowles spent 15 years with the Skipton Building Society supporting mortgage brokers and also worked with the Mortgage Brain mortgage broker intelligence web service before joining the Furness.  She is based in Knutsford, Cheshire and will support brokers in the area from Preston south to Cheshire, and across Liverpool, Manchester and north Wales.

Phil Lawford is based in Stafford and will support brokers across Staffordshire, the Midlands and central Wales for Furness Building Society.

He previously worked in a similar role with the West Bromwich Building Society and most recently worked for one of the UK’s largest finance brokers.