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Our seminar theatre content is carefully crafted to bring you the latest information on a range of topics that are critical either for your client advice or generally to support your market understanding, to enable you to offer the latest thinking across the market in client/adviser conversations.
We look for broad representation under all topics, so you can hear a range of views from some of our sectors leading spokespeople.
Our speakers are in the process pf being confirmed for this region, but the following offers a broad overview of what to expect on the day.
Assessing the considerable amount of data held by the organisation, Daniel is able to offer an overview of the markets as a whole, what has performed best and what is not showing signs of strengthening for 2027.
Daniel Morgan, Enterprise Accounts Director, Rightmove Data Services
In a changeable year, far from expected as we entered the year some nine months ago, this session assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the economy and how that is likely to affect the UK housing market.
Max Shepherd, Economist, Yorkshire Building Society
We gather senior lender specialists to assess quite where we are after much optimism that 2026 would be a much steadier year, for it only to take quite a different turn following military action in the Gulf.
We will ask our panel members to review their own organisation’s approach and to offer their expectation of where they see products and rates moving in coming months generally, but specifically how they intend to support the intermediary market in meeting client requirements.
Speakers being confirmed
First-time buyers remain central to the health of the housing market, yet many still don’t believe homeownership is within reach. Paul Broadhead (Building Societies Association) draws on the latest Think Again! research and wider sector insights to explore how brokers can play a pivotal role in changing that perception.
It highlights the breadth of building society lending solutions, which are often overlooked, the critical value of advice in navigating increasingly complex products and how advisers can bridge awareness gaps and help unlock the next generation of homeowners. It also looks at the evolving role of government support in the post Help-to-Buy landscape, alongside wider industry work to modernise the homebuying process.
Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage & Housing Policy, Building Societies Association
As technology advances, lenders’ processing and support need to lead the way. The team at OSB Group have been cognisant of this and have spent many months in the creation of systems and assistance that meet the needs of today’s modern adviser now and into the future.
This session explains the system and also the reasoning behind some of the decisions that have led to today’s modern lender.
Ian Scarrott, Senior Corporate Accounts Manager, OSB Group
Speaker TBC
Being a landlord today has its challenges, but also significant opportunities. The support of a trusted adviser, whether that’s for one or two properties, all the way through to an entire portfolio, can prove to be a highly valuable relationship. However, as that adviser, what’s next on the horizon for clients and how do you stay abreast of all the information that comes with each change or introduction? We assess advice post-Renters’ Rights introduction and touch on the topic in the distance – Meeting Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES).
LendInvest
Fleet
Keystone
Chetwood
Revealing the latest fraud insights where, with advancing technologies, the real and the fake are now hard to identify at surface level. However, there are tips and techniques an adviser needs to be aware of to protect themselves from the unscrupulous within a community.
Speaker TBC
Some might argue that ‘specialist’ lending is more prevalent in an adviser’s daily discussions than traditional high street – but the definition of what specialist lending really is, is the broadest in the industry. For an advice firm, understanding the depth of the topic is essential and it might be that there are areas that you need to tackle and others you might save for another day – but in this session we look at the growth and opportunity in specialist lending, and how you can find support.
Together
Perenna
Loan.co.uk
West One
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