SQUARE 1 MEDIA ANNOUNCE 2024 MORTGAGE MARKET DEBATE - Headline sponsors confirmed as CLSQ

06 September 2024

Square 1 Media, the specialist PR and marketing agency in mortgages, specialist finance and the wider financial services sector, has today (6th September 2024) announced details of 2024’s Mortgage Market Debate, which will be held in the afternoon of 20th November in London.

The event format is a 90-minute Chatham House panel debate covering all the latest talking points and issues facing the UK mortgage and specialist finance market. The invite-only panel debate will be in front of an audience of senior decision makers from lenders and businesses across the market.

The session theme will be 'What do you think of it so far? What should happen next? The UK mortgage and housing market five months into a Labour Government.'

The panel session will be chaired by Victoria Hartley, ex-contributing and group editor at AE3 Media and now Client Services Director at Square 1 Media. The panel will consist of:

• Simon Allsop: Chief Financial Officer, Chetwood Bank
• Esther Dijkstra: Managing Director, Intermediaries, Lloyds Banking Group
• Charles Roe: Director - Mortgages, UK Finance
• Barry Carter: Chief Executive Officer, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
• Hamish Simmie, Associate Director Residential Research & Consultancy, Savills

The venue is The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple.

Headline sponsor, CLSQ, is a long-established property data, technology and insurance provider, with a track record of identifying, analysing and mitigating risks to more than 25% of all UK loan originations. CLSQ’s integrated data services and underwriting expertise provide a bridge between some of the UK’s top mortgage lenders and insurers, empowering robust instant decisions. Its vast geospatial data provides greater accuracy and its data-led insurance products streamline the property lifecycle and customer experience.

Additional sponsors include Cherry, finova, Pegasus Insight and Qualis Credit Risk.

Paul Hunt, Managing Director of Square 1 Media, commented:

“Since holding the inaugural Mortgage Market Debate in May last year, we have been planning the next one for a while. Therefore, with the recent election, it seemed a fantastic opportunity to get the industry together to discuss views and findings from the first few months of a new Government.

“A huge thanks to all the panellists who have agreed to take part and we will look forward to a lively and entertaining debate.”

Spencer Wyer, Strategic Development Director at CLSQ, said:

“I attended the first Mortgage Market Debate with a colleague and we were really impressed by the number of senior decision makers in the room as well as the calibre of the frank and open debate. At CLSQ, we are launching some exciting initiatives in the coming months that we believe will be a gamechanger for the industry and sponsorship of the Mortgage Market Debate gives us the opportunity to get in front of the right people, at the same time as engaging in one of the few mortgage events tailored specifically for exec-level attendees.”

“I want to thank Square 1 Media for creating such a unique mortgage industry event and inviting CLSQ to be the headline sponsor.”