Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced its seminar schedule for MBE London, which will take place at the Business Design Centre on 20 October.

The event brings together brokers, lenders and service providers for a day of seminars, meetings and networking.

Across the day, brokers will be able to discuss cases, criteria and lending options directly with firms across the mortgage and specialist finance markets.

Confirmed exhibitors include Atom bank, Fleet Mortgages and Pepper Money, alongside Bank of Ireland, Gatehouse Bank, Keystone Property Finance, Nationwide for Intermediaries, Nomo and Precise.

MBE will also continue its long-standing partnership with the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), which will host two specialist property finance seminars as part of this year’s programme.

The event, delivered in partnership with Square 1 Media, is free to attend and will also give visitors access to lenders and service providers from across the residential, buy-to-let, specialist, commercial and property finance markets.

The full seminar schedule can be found here.

Event director for MBE, Mike Mikunda, stated: "Last year’s attendance was another indication of how much value brokers continue to place on getting people from across the market together in one place. Perhaps even more telling was the amount of time people spent at the Expo. An average visit of five hours suggests brokers are coming with a purpose - to have proper conversations, hear different views and spend time with lenders they may not otherwise get to see face-to-face.

"That is what we want to build on this year. The seminar programme covers some of the areas where brokers are having to make more complex decisions for clients, from credit and specialist finance through to buy-to-let and AI. If someone leaves MBE with a new contact, a better answer for a difficult case or an idea that helps their business, then the day has done its job."

CEO at SimplyBiz Mortgages and FIBA chairman, Martin Reynolds, added: "One of the biggest opportunities for brokers is being able to recognise when a case that falls outside their usual work can still be helped. You do not have to know every part of specialist property finance yourself, but you do need to know when to ask another question, who to speak to and how the different parts of a transaction fit together.

"That is very much the thinking behind the FIBA sessions this year. We want to make specialist finance accessible to brokers who may not deal with it every day, while also giving experienced firms a chance to hear how others are approaching cases and working together."

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