The Mortgage Mum Podcast

The Mortgage Mum Podcast.... where we believe mortgages are about more than just money. This podcast features helpful mortgage tips and advice, interviews with inspiring people inside and outside of the financial services industry and tools to help you achieve balance in every area of your life. We will demystify mortgages, and you will learn about the law of attraction, money mindset, my experience on The Voice UK and so much more.

S4 E2 Remortgage of an Unencumbered Property With Sarah Tucker 01/02/2025

S4 E1 Remortgage When Self-Employed With Sarah Tucker 01/02/2025

S3 E19 Mortgage for Subcontractors With Sarah Tucker 12/12/2024

S3 E18 What is a CIS Mortgage? With Sarah Tucker 12/12/2024

S3 E17 Everything You Need To Know About Garden Rooms! With Jon Mathews, Founder & MD of Hawksbeck Annexe and Garden Rooms 11/27/2024

S3 E17 Everything You Need To Know About Garden Rooms! With Jon Mathews, Founder & MD of Hawksbeck Annexe and Garden Rooms 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 researching? Things we never knew we needed to know! How you can create an income from your property by building an annexe or a garden room As well as hearing some of Jon’s story as a business owner, from an employed finance role in the City to building garden rooms for one of the most well respected brands in the industry This is an episode not to be missed! Jon said “I’m Jon, Founder of Hawksbeck Annexes and Garden Rooms. I set up Hawksbeck because there was a real need for people to have a space away from the house to work, rest and play. We have been a pioneer in annex and garden room space, building bespoke outbuildings that will last a lifetime. All our buildings are built to the highest standard using BBA accredited materials. They are design by architects and engineers and meet building regulations. Therefore, they are fully habitable and come with a 10-year insurance backed warranty. I name the company Hawksbeck, as that was my first dogs pedigree name. I absolutely love the dog, and absolutely love the name, so seemed perfect fit to name the company after him. I’m proud that name has now become synonymous with quality, service, and design. I'm passionate about what I do. I love the first meeting with the client, being involved in the design journey with them, overseeing the built process, then they joy and excitement when we handover the keys to a stunning finish product. I often get asked my favourite project, it is always the next project we're about to do. No two builds are the same, no two clients are the same!” You can find Jon at: Visit . We hope you enjoy the interview, and please keep sending your questions into us for more episodes and social media content. Sarah x /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/33596337

S3 E16 UK Mortgage Foreign Income (Part 2) With Sarah Tucker and Maira Oliveira 11/01/2024

S3 E15 UK Mortgage Foreign Income (Part 1) With Sarah Tucker and Maira Oliveira 11/01/2024

S3 E14 Umbrella Contractor Mortgages With Sarah Tucker 10/01/2024

S3 E13 Contractor Buy to Let Mortgages With Sarah Tucker 10/01/2024

S3 E11 IT Contractor Mortgage (Part 1) With Sarah Tucker 09/02/2024

S3 E12 IT Contractor Mortgage (Part 2) With Sarah Tucker 09/02/2024

S3 E9 First Time Buyer Contractor Mortgage With Sarah Tucker 08/01/2024

S3 E10 Contractor Mortgage Daily Rate With Sarah Tucker 08/01/2024

S3 E8 High Net Worth Mortgage (Part 2) With Sarah Tucker 07/01/2024

S3 E7 Can you get a mortgage on a commission based job? With Sarah Tucker & Charley O'Neill 07/01/2024

S3 E6 Million Pound Mortgage with Kim Balasubramaniam and Katrina Horstead 06/05/2024

S3 E5 Own New Scheme With Founder and CEO, Eliot Darcy 05/01/2024

S3 E4 Mortgage on an Employment Contract With Senior Mortgage Broker, Gemma Bennett 04/03/2024

S3 E3 Returning From Maternity Leave With The Mortgage Mum’s Managing Director, Sarah Tucker 03/06/2024

S3 E2 Becoming a Mortgage Broker - our journeys to becoming Mortgage Mums with Sally Mitchell, Katrina Horstead and Kim Balasubramaniam 02/07/2024

S3 E2 Becoming a Mortgage Broker - our journeys to becoming Mortgage Mums with Sally Mitchell, Katrina Horstead and Kim Balasubramaniam 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 their roles at The Mortgage Mum. They talk about their background, how they discovered The Mortgage Mum, getting qualified and more. They talk about how being a mortgage broker is a true "human" job, listening to real people and understanding their circumstances. It's beyond numbers, it's interesting and exciting. Proving that you don't have to have a background in Financial Services, we hope their inspiring journeys can show that you can create a flexible work and life balance as a broker. Not all of our brokers are parents, but those that are, make this career work around their families. Mortgage brokers are a huge part of anyone's property-purchase. The Mortgage Mum brokers specifically are there every step of the way. They build real relationships and their invaluable life experience really shapes the much needed positive, patient, kind and empathetic attitude the mortgage industry needs, all of which we believe contributes to being a successful mortgage broker. If you feel inspired by this episode and Sally, Katrina and Kim's stories, and are interested in becoming a mortgage broker, or whether you are already a broker and want to find out more about being a broker at The Mortgage Mum, then please check out our course: Your Complete Guide To Becoming A Mortgage Broker. Hosted by our founders, Sarah Tucker and Jamie Lewis, this course covers getting the qualifications you need, learning how to get your own leads, branding your business and everything in between. Visit themortgagemumcourses.co.uk to find out more. Get to know Sally Mitchell, Katrina Horstead and Kim Balasubramaniam via our website where you can also find their social media links to connect with. ww.themortgagemum.co.uk/our-team/sally-mitchell www.themortgagemum.co.uk/our-team/katrina-horstead Visit The Mortgage Mum YouTube channel to watch the video recording of this episode. /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/29715213

S3 E1 Getting Prepared For A Mortgage as a Self-Employed Applicant With Gemma Bennett 01/03/2024

S2 E49 Investing For Your Family's Future With Guest Hosts, Shelley Walker and Elizabeth Pearson. 12/06/2023

S2 E49 Investing For Your Family's Future With Guest Hosts, Shelley Walker and Elizabeth Pearson. 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 taking charge of their financial future. A fan of all things sparkly and an expert in her field, she helps women to gain trust, knowledge and confidence in themselves making investments simple, successful and sustainable. This episode will cover: Personal anecdotes including how Elizabeth became interested in stocks and the important role of family supporting financial education Why ‘boring investing’ can be best Top tips for investors – the four things you must plan for before investing – in property and in stocks How to get started and build a good portfolio Effort vs reward – what returns can be anticipated over time (there are no guarantees!) How society has influenced our financial behaviours How Elizabeth can help women to build their financial futures Elizabeth gives talks, runs investing taster classes and offers training to individuals and groups to become successful investors themselves. Please find her on https://www.simplesuccessfulstocks.co.uk/ where you can also receive a FREE guide to investing. Taster classes include Girls Just Want to Have Funds! - The 7 Simple and Sparkly Steps to Start Investing – follow Elizabeth on Linked in to find details of her next session (13) ELIZABETH Pearson | LinkedIn Please click HERE for a FREE guide GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUNDS! 7 Simple and Sparkly Steps to Start Investing https://www.simplesuccessfulstocks.co.uk/complimentary-investing-guide/ Find Elizabeth on: https://www.simplesuccessfulstocks.co.uk/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/elizabeth--pearson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplesuccessfulstocks/ or by email: Shelley is passionate about helping investors reach their goals and can assist with all things mortgages, business and commercial finance. Reach her at [email protected] 07786566888 or book straight into her diary https://calendly.com/shelleymm /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/28779083

S2 E48 A Real Life New Build Purchase Journey & How To Add Character To Your New Build Property With Special Guest, Katie Hickmott 11/01/2023

S2 E47 The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance With Shelley Walker and Daniel Hobbs 10/04/2023

S2 E47 The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance With Shelley Walker and Daniel Hobbs 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 of finance options to meet their goals. Shelley has been at The Mortgage Mum since our launch in 2019 and is now a Director of our sister company The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance. Dan is the Managing Director of New Leaf Distribution Network who provide a regulatory framework for the new company. Listen in as Shelley and Dan discuss.... What is The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance and who are New Leaf? Who is our target market? Why have we launched this new division? What is our offering and what are our core business values? Listen in for an overview of our new finance options including: Secured loans Bridging – short term property finance Commercial finance Development finance Complex buy to let for professional landlords Business finance – asset and cash flow How we can arrange protection and specialist finance options for people who are high net worth Listen now on The Mortgage Mum website or wherever you get your podcasts! There will be more podcasts to come from The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance when we can deep dive into finance options more. Drop us a message and let us know what you’d like to hear more about next! The team can be reached at or see our website for further information Shelley can also be reached directly at or by calling 07786566888. To find out more about New Leaf and Dan Hobbs, please visit: The Mortgage Mum Specialist Finance (FCA 999350) is an approved representative of New Leaf Distribution Ltd (FCA 460421). Some of the products discussed are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/28146005

S2 E46 What does an Estate Agent do? Property Top Tips With Special Guest Chris Nathan, Owner and Founder of Hound & Porter Estate Agency 09/06/2023

S2 E45 Creating a Joyful Home. With Interior Designer, Sophie Robinson 08/09/2023

S2 E45 Creating a Joyful Home. With Interior Designer, Sophie Robinson 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 will recognise her from TV shows such as DIY SOS and most recently the BBC’s Interior Design Masters. Sophie is well known for her love of colour and pattern and is on a mission to ban the beige! Her brand is about so much more than interior design though; it’s about giving others the inspiration, know-how and confidence to be creative in their own home, and in an affordable way at that. In this episode we talk through Sophie’s own journey with redesigning and renovating her family home; a tile hung cottage in the countryside that has undergone quite the transformation in the last few years. Sophie shares her super useful tips for space planning like a pro, how to view the layout of a property when house hunting, and how simply changing the function of spaces can have a huge impact on how you live in your home. We discuss how the age-old adage of keeping everything neutral won’t actually add the most value to your home, and how carefully chosen interiors can actually do the opposite. Sophie shares her top tips for injecting colour and personality into your home design to create a joyous space that works for you and your family, and how this has been proven to have a direct impact on our wellbeing. Finally we hear about her exciting future plans, and how her kitchen design was inspired by her new wallpaper collection. To find out more about Sophie’s work, you can follow her on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors listen to The Great Indoors Podcast on your favourite podcast player or visit her website at sophierobinson.co.uk to find out more about her online courses and in-person workshops. Listen to this episode, out now on The Mortgage Mum Podcast - directly on our website or wherever you get your podcasts! If you'd like to reach out to Kim with an enquiry about general mortgages, please email: [email protected] or call 07796 456580 /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/27549339

S2 E44 The Highs and Lows of Purchasing, Renovating and Living in a Period Property. With Sally Mitchell & Kim Balasubramaniam 07/05/2023

S2 E44 The Highs and Lows of Purchasing, Renovating and Living in a Period Property. With Sally Mitchell & Kim Balasubramaniam 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 Mitchell is a Senior Broker and Business Manager and has lived in period properties ranging from the 15th Century to 19th Century for the last 35 years. Kim and Sally are both passionate about the historic significance of period properties and the different architectural styles and decoration they represent. They believe they are quite simply unique and should be celebrated as the stars of the property world. Sally says, “We understand that taking on an older property can be daunting but there is a lot of advice and help out there and, with a few tips, it doesn’t have to be a minefield.” Kim says, “We want to encourage people to become the custodians of these very special buildings and look after them so they can be passed onto future generations as living, breathing homes.” In this episode, Kim and Sally discuss: Their love/ hate relationship with period property Listed Buildings, the types of listing and the special measures you must take when purchasing or renovating one The balance between making a building sustainable and preserving its unique historical features Potential pitfalls to owning a period property How to get a mortgage an insurance on period properties Listen to this episode, out now on The Mortgage Mum Podcast - directly on our website or wherever you get your podcasts! If you'd like to reach out to Kim or Sally with an enquiry about period properties or general mortgages, please email either: or call 07796 456580 or call 07549 158121 /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/27292683

S2 E43 Have You Ever Considered Later Life Lending? With special guest, Kay Westgarth, Sales Director at Standard Life Home Finance 06/07/2023

S2 E42 The Importance Of Better Financial Education. With special guest, the founder and CEO of Elent Financial Education, Abigail Foster 05/03/2023

S2 E42 The Importance Of Better Financial Education. With special guest, the founder and CEO of Elent Financial Education, Abigail Foster 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 education, delivered through workshops in schools, universities and workplaces. This led to the creation of ELENT. Gemma and Abi discuss the importance of better financial education and how Abi is assisting in bridging this gap for so many. Her passion and drive to eradicate the gender pay gap and what she’s doing to inform the younger generations of the future workforce, with better conversations around finances. Gemma discovered Abi on social media when recognising, from conversations with many clients and peers, that a need for a better financial education system is required and started wondering what was out there. Stumbling across Abi with her tagline, ‘the financial education you wish you had learnt at school,’ Gemma knew she had found the person she was looking for. Abi, posts creative, vibrant and energetic content on her socials that’s relatable and practical for all. Even elements such as understanding your payslip are so important and let’s be honest, so many people don’t, yet don’t admit this. Our finances are part of our everyday and yet fluid conversations around our Pay, Tax, Pensions and Mortgages are still not the norm. Adequate comprehension around these elements of life is often not at the level it should be. As a result, people feel disempowered or overwhelmed. This should not be the case! You shouldn’t have to be a financial professional to understand your day to day finances. Better conversations and education is important as we empower ourselves to take charge of such elements. Money is part of everyone’s life and therefore cannot be a ‘taboo’ subject and must be spoken about. Abi is a truly fascinating and interesting woman and her intellect and passion is so infectious as she talks about her inspirations and goals with Elent. We really hope you enjoy this episode and watch out for the launch of Abi’s online financial education platform coming soon! Abigail’s website is Follow Abi on Instagram @elent_uk Tiktok @elent_uk Gemma is an award winning senior broker at the mortgage mum and can be contacted on Follow Gemma on Instagram @gemmabennett_themortgagemum Facebook @gemmabennett_themortgagemum LinkedIn Gemma Bennett /episode/index/show/themortgagemumpodcast/id/26541768

S2 E41 Do You Have Enough Savings To Cover Your Mortgage And Bills For 3 Months? With Senior Mortgage and Protection Advisor, Jade Timson-Proud 04/05/2023

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