The Mortgage Mum Podcast

In this special episode of The Mortgage Mum Podcast, Sarah interview Jon Mathews, Founder & MD of Hawksbeck Annexe and Garden Rooms. Join us as we take a deep dive into garden rooms and annexes, telling you everything you need to know, including: What are the top tips for finding the right builder to create your garden room? Do garden rooms add value to your house? What are the red flags when rese...

A very warm welcome to this episode of The Mortgage Mum podcast. This is part two of our foreign income series. In the last episode, we covered lots of your questions on foreign income mortgages, and we're going to cover the rest of them now. We're joined again by the lovely Tessa and Maira to answer the questions you've been sending in. If you missed the last episode, Maira is a broker at The Mor...

Thank you for joining us on The Mortgage Mum podcast for another episode. Those who've been listening know we've talked recently about contractor mortgages - but this time we have a brand new topic. We're focusing on those of you who are trying to get a mortgage with foreign currency income. It might be that you live abroad and you're trying to get a UK mortgage, or perhaps you live in the UK but...

Hello, and welcome back to another episode of The Mortgage Mum podcast.  You might be wondering, are they still talking about contractors? Well, yes, we are! That's how many contracting questions there are out there.  Today we're talking about Buy to Let mortgages for contractors. This is a great episode, even if you're just wondering about Buy to Let mortgages and you're not a contractor. Listen...

Welcome to our latest episode of The Mortgage Mum podcast. Sarah Tucker is back again and she is still talking about contractors! There are many types of contractors to cover and today's episode is going to be a really interesting one, because this isn't a typical contractor, it's an umbrella contractor. Listen to this episode, out now on The Mortgage Mum Podcast - directly on our website or where...

Sarah Tucker is back to continue answering your questions on mortgages for IT Contractors. Our focus at the moment is on contractors, and we've been looking at First Time Buyer contractors and standard contractors, and now IT contractors. If you haven't already listened, we have covered a Part 1 episode and we're going to get very granular again with you for this next part. We hope we have covered...

Sarah Tucker joins Tessa again this month, this time to answer your questions on IT contractor mortgages. Of all the contractors we know, we definitely speak to IT contractors the most frequently. It's a very popular area. This will be a good episode for those of you who are IT contractors, or if you're thinking of becoming one. As always, if you have questions, send them in to us - they will form...

On this episode of The Mortgage Mum Podcast, we are talking about contractor mortgages, for those of you who are on a daily rate. We recently recorded an episode on mortgages for First Time Buyer contractors too - in case you would like to listen to that too. We're also here again with Tessa, who's going to be asking Sarah the questions that you've sent in to us. Listen to this episode, out now on...

The topic of conversation on this episode of The Mortgage Mum Podcast is mortgages for First Time Buyer contractors. It's very specific and we're going to give you as much information as possible. Tessa is back again to ask Sarah the questions that you've sent in to us and as always, if you've got any more questions, please send them in - they could be featured on another episode or Sarah will ans...

Hello, and welcome back to the Mortgage Mum podcast with Sarah Tucker. In this episode, we are going to be doing some questions and answers again, which worked really well in our previous episode. This time we are covering the topic of high net worth mortgages, which can sometimes fall into specialist finance. As you may or may not have seen, we've recently launched The Mortgage Mum Specialist Fin...

Welcome to one of two episodes to be released in July on The Mortgage Mum Podcast! Sarah Tucker is excited to be back on the show for the first time in a while and she is also joined by Senior Mortgage and Protection Advisor and Head of New Build at The Mortgage Mum, Charley O'Neill. This is the first time Sarah and Charley have hosted an episode together but you'll recognise Charley from the new...

"Demystifying the million pound mortgage" Welcome to this month's episode of The Mortgage Mum podcast. This month's episode is hosted by two of our expert mortgage brokers, Kim Balasubramaniam and Katrina Horsted. With backgrounds in high-end events and luxury fashion, Kim and Katrina are well versed in dealing with discerning, high net worth clients.  In this episode they discuss the million poun...

Eliot Darcy is the CEO and Founder of Own New. Own New is dedicated to solving problems on the housing market and helping people to buy new homes.  This episode focuses on their Rate Reducer scheme which they have brought to the market which gives buyers access to lower interest rates when purchasing a new build property. Charley O'Neill, Senior Mortgage and Protection Advisor at The Mortgage Mum...

Welcome to April's episode, where guest host Gemma Bennett, Senior Broker at The Mortgage Mum, takes time to discuss getting mortgage ready when you have a fixed term, temporary or zero hours employment contract. Being employed doesn't look the same for everyone and if you have an employment contract that isn't considered permanent, you may need to consider a few extra elements to help lenders und...

Welcome back Sarah! This month's episode see's the return of The Mortgage Mum's Managing Director, Sarah Tucker. Sarah records her first podcast episode since coming back from maternity leave and shares an insight into the past year. As Managing Director, Sarah gets asked a lot of questions around owning a business and having children, including what that looks like, how she manages it, and how th...

In our new episode on The Mortgage Mum Podcast, we are joined by three of our Mortgage Mums - Sally Mitchell (Senior Mortgage Broker and Business Manager), Katrina Horstead (Mortgage Broker) and Kim Balasubramaniam (Senior Mortgage Broker). Each with a very different story, Sally, Katrina and Kim talk through their unique back stories including how they became Mortgage Brokers and how they landed...

Welcome to January's episode, where guest host, Gemma Bennett, Senior Broker at The Mortgage Mum takes time to discuss getting mortgage ready as a self-employed applicant. Gemma has been self-employed as a sole trader and a limited company director for her whole working life. She understands how it can really feel like you're jumping through hoops and met with a certain amount of resistance when i...

Today's podcast episode is brought to you by guest hosts Shelley Walker and Elizabeth Pearson, founder of Simple Successful Stocks. Shelley has been with The Mortgage Mum since our launch in 2019 and is now a Director of our sister company The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance. Elizabeth is a financial educator helping women to make their money work for them, by investing in the stock markets and ta...

A Real Life New Build Purchase Journey & How To Add Character To Your New Build Property Welcome to this month's episode of The Mortgage Mum Podcast with guest host Charley O'Neill, Senior Mortgage and Protection Broker here at The Mortgage Mum. Charley is guest hosting this month's podcast, to talk through all things new build with the lovely Kate Hickmott, mum of two, author, interior design fan...

The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance is here! This month's podcast episode comes with some very EXCITING news as we officially launch our new business – The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance! Our guest hosts - Shelley Walker and Daniel Hobbs give an overview of the new business, describing how we can help aspirational investors, seasoned property professionals and business owners with a wider range o...

In this new episode on The Mortgage Mum Podcast, Zita Latham, Senior Mortgage Broker and Protection Advisor interviews Chris Nathan, owner and founder of Hound & Porter Estate Agency in Reigate, Surrey. Chris and Zita enjoy an open and honest conversation, talking about his journey to launching his own Estate Agency, and what makes Hound & Porter different. They also cover all the important questi...

Welcome to the August episode of The Mortgage Mum Podcast. This month Kim Balasubramaniam, one of our Senior Mortgage Brokers is guest hosting the podcast and welcomes interior designer Sophie Robinson to the show. Sophie has enjoyed a long and creative career as a TV presenter, podcaster, journalist, stylist and designer with over two decades of experience in the interiors and media industry. You...

Welcome to July's episode, where guest hosts Kim Balasubramaniam and Sally Mitchell discuss the highs and lows of purchasing, renovating and living in a period property. It's a bit of a switch from the norm as both hosts are Brokers at The Mortgage Mum. Kim is a Senior Broker who has lived in various period properties over the years and is currently renovating her 18th century cottage. Sally Mitch...

Have you ever considered Later Life Lending? Today's new podcast episode on The Mortgage Mum Podcast features guest host, Manjit Kaur, who is a Senior Mortgage and Protection Advisor here at The Mortgage Mum as well as an Equity Release Advisor in our Later Life Lending team. And we are delighted to welcome a special guest, Kay Westgarth, Sales Director at Standard Life Home Finance, who has worke...

Welcome to May's episode, where guest host Gemma Bennett, Senior Broker at The Mortgage Mum is joined by Abigail Foster founder and CEO of Elent Financial Education. Abi is an ACA chartered accountant and having recognised a severe gap in financial literacy within the workplace became passionate about doing what she can to amend this through relatable and easy to understand practical financial edu...