2026 Winners
We're delighted to celebrate the outstanding businesses, teams, and individuals who have been named winners at the Mortgage Strategy Specialist Lending Awards 2026.
From specialist brokers and lenders to distributors, teams, and industry leaders, this year's winners represent the exceptional expertise, innovation, and dedication driving the specialist and commercial lending sector forward.
Congratulations to all of our 2026 winners. Your achievements deserve to be recognised and celebrated.
Explore the winners below and discover the organisations and individuals who have taken home this year's coveted Specialist Lending Awards.
Broker | Lender | Individual
Broker Categories
Best Broker for Later Life
Winner:
- Access Equity Release
Highly Commended:
- UK Moneyman
Finalists:
- Age Partnership
- Bower Home Finance
- Curzon Financial
Best Broker for Short-Term Lending
Winner:
- Aria Finance
Finalists:
- Crystal Specialist Finance
- Mortimer Street Capital
- Premier Commercial Lending
- Prime Property Finance
- Propp
- SPF Private Clients
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Best Broker for Specialist Buy-to-Let
Winner:
- Dynamo
Finalists:
- Aria Finance
- Crystal Specialist Finance
- Hussaria Group
- John Charcol
- Prime Property Finance
- SPF Private Clients
- The Buy to Let Broker
Best Commercial Broker
Winner:
- Crystal Specialist Finance
Finalists:
- Gordon Blair Mortgage and Insurance Brokers - David Fairclough
- Premier Commercial Lending
- Propp
- SPF Private Clients
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Best Specialist Packager/Distributor
Winner:
- Next Intelligence
Finalists:
- Connect Mortgages
- Crystal Specialist Finance
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Best Second Charge Broker
Winner:
- Believe Loans
Finalists:
- Aria Finance
- Loans Warehouse
- Pure Property Finance
- Specialist 1st
- When Bank Says No
Best Specialist Broker
Winner:
- Gordon Blair Mortgage and Insurance Brokers
Highly Commended:
- Chartwell Funding
Finalists:
- Aria Finance
- Crystal Specialist Finance
- Dynamo
- Kerr & Watson
- Mayflower Mortgage and Finance
- Premier Commercial Lending
- Pure Property Finance
- SPF Private Clients
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Best Specialist Mortgage Administration Team
Winner:
- Dynamo
Finalists:
- BCMGlobal Mortgage Services
- Connect for Intermediaries
- Propp
- Pure Property Finance
- TBK Mortgage Studio
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Lender Categories
Best BDM Team
Winner:
- Metro Bank
Highly Commended:
- Foundation
Finalists:
- Black & White Bridging
- Hope Capital Property Finance
- MT Finance
- Nottingham Building Society
- Octane Capital
- Pepper Money
- Roma Finance
- Saffron For Intermediaries
- TAB
- United Trust Bank
Best Commercial Lender
Winner:
- Together
Finalists:
- Atom Bank
- Finanze Capital
- MT Finance
- West One Loans
Best Later-Life Lender
Winner:
- Family Building Society
Finalists:
- more2life
- Pure Retirement
- Suffolk Building Society
- Vernon Building Society
Best Second Charge Lender
Winner:
- Pepper Money
Highly Commended:
- United Trust Bank
Finalists:
- Equifinance
- Interbridge Mortgages
- Selina Finance
Best Short-Term Lender
Winner:
- Market Harborough Building Society
Finalists:
- Black & White Bridging
- Finanze Capital
- Hope Capital Property Finance
- MT Finance
- Octane Capital
- Roma Finance
- StreamBank
- Together
- United Trust Bank
- West One Loans
Best Specialist Buy-to-Let Lender
Winner:
- Paragon Bank
Highly Commended:
- Foundation
Finalists:
- Aldermore
- Metro Bank
- Molo Finance
- MT Finance
- Pepper Money
- Saffron For Intermediaries
- Skipton International
- Vernon Building Society
- West One Loans
Best Specialist Lender for Product Innovation
Winner:
- Afin Bank
Highly Commended:
- Saffron For Intermediaries
Finalists:
- Finanze Capital
- Hope Capital Property Finance
- LiveMore
- MT Finance
- Paragon Bank
- Pepper Money
- Roma Finance
- TAB
- Vernon Building Society
Best Specialist Lender
Winner:
- Foundation
Highly Commended:
- Pepper Money
Finalists:
- Atom Bank
- LiveMore
- Market Harborough Building Society
- MT Finance
- Saffron For Intermediaries
- The Stafford Building Society
- Together
- Vida Homeloans
Individual category
Specialist Lending Outstanding Achievement Award
WINNER: Marc Goldberg, Together
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