We have been awarded “Best Mortgage Firm” by leading Industry body Premier Mortgage Services.

Best Mortgage Firm Maidenhead

Executive Chairman John Cowan (far left) presented the award to Mortgage Required Directors Tracy Gordon and Craig Head at a gala dinner in Telford earlier this month. The firm has also recently been recognised for its Academy through which it recruits and trains young people as mortgage and protection advisers in the Royal Borough’s 2019 business awards.

Mortgage Required’s Managing Director Tim Atkinson commented “ We are absolutely delighted to receive this very prestigious award and to have been acknowledged nationally means a lot to everyone who works within the business.

Our business proposition is simple: Deliver the very best customer service, embrace the latest technology to give our clients the best mortgage and protection products to suit their needs now and in the future. To have been recognised above 2500 other firms for this service is a great way to kick of 2020.

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