Winner: John Charcol
Second: L&C Mortgages
Third: Savills Private Finance
Drew Wotherspoon, communications director at John Charcol, commented:
"John Charcol is delighted to have been awarded the Mortgage Introducer Best Overall Mortgage Broker Award for 2007. It is always an honour to be given any award, but particularly one that was voted for by lenders. It bears testament to the magnificent relationship that we have with lenders, built up by over 30 years of experience in dealing with them each and every day. However, we are acutely aware that sentiment can swiftly change in this market so to see that we are still regarded as the leading independent mortgage broker in the market is thrilling.
With the market currently as it is, the good news of awards is even more enjoyable. You would have to have been under a large stone to have missed the bad news upon bad news that the media has served up for the UK’s army of borrowers of late, and the market looks like being somewhat testing for a few months to come.
However, at John Charcol we are optimistic about the next few months. In hard times it is often the quality mortgage broker that does the best in the market, with people keen to seek advice and guidance on what they should do. With an inordinate amount of people about to face a fairly large payment shock, advice is clearly going to be key for so many people and we are here to help."
Roger Freeman, national account manager of Nationwide, Ian Kennedy of John Charcol and comedian Dominic Holland
