The Mortgage Shop (TMS), the Belfast-based mortgage advice firm, have today announced a renewed partnership with a long-term deal.
The broker is the market leader in Northern Ireland, trading since 1992 and now with 50 advisers in 23 Northern Ireland locations.
The new agreement sees TMS remain part of the Stonebridge network as an appointed representative (AR) firm and extends a partnership that had already celebrated its 10-year anniversary. TMS’s Managing Director, is also a board member of Stonebridge’s technology company, “Revolution”.
TMS, which completes on £750m of mortgage lending annually, joined Stonebridge in June 2015 and has become one of the largest firms of its kind, operating its highly effective, high-street model.
It is committed to building on its status as one of the biggest advisory businesses and brands in the UK, and we remain committed to supporting the ambitious firm with a stream of financial and non-financial support.
Siobhan McAleer, Managing Director of The Mortgage Shop, said: “It was an easy decision to renew our partnership with Stonebridge. In our market, strong relationships count for a great deal, and the one we have built with Stonebridge has undoubtedly helped us in many ways, and we envisage will help us on the next stage of our growth journey.
“The history we have with the Stonebridge team would be hard to replicate, given the support they provide to the business, and the trust we have in their ability to do right by us and to ensure we have access to everything we need.”
Rob Clifford, Chief Executive of Stonebridge, commented: “We are delighted to announce the continuation of our relationship with TMS and to our mind, this shows the strength of our proposition and our ability to work in partnership with our AR member firms to help them thrive.
“TMS has grown successfully, along with Stonebridge, from those very early days into one of the top advisory firms in the UK and to become our largest AR firm. What makes this partnership special is the ambitions of both businesses to continue their sector- leading positions.
“Stonebridge will be with Siobhan, Philip, Julie and the team every step of the way to help them continue to prosper. It has been an excellent partnership for many years and we’re looking forward to the next 10 years.”
Stonebridge is one of the largest independent networks in the UK that currently authorises and supervises more than 1,300 advisers across the UK.
Independent industry research has recently shown that more AR firms have chosen to join Stonebridge in 2025 than any other mortgage and protection network.
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