{"id":897975,"date":"2026-04-16T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897975\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:32:14","slug":"first-mortgage-acquires-home-loan-services-glasgow-ltd-the-intermediary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897975\/","title":{"rendered":"First Mortgage acquires Home Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd &#8211; The Intermediary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First Mortgage, part of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) Group, has acquired Home Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd to strengthen its presence in the Scottish new build market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Home Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd will keep its current team, MAB trading style and operating model.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both companies will remain independent with separate Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and business registrations, allowing broker choice across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The deal forms part of First Mortgage\u2019s ongoing investment in the new build sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The businesses will combine their resources while keeping their individual propositions.<\/p>\n<p>Ian McGrail, CEO of First Mortgage, said: \u201cThis acquisition represents an important step in strengthening our support for the Scottish new-build market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd is a highly respected business with longstanding relationships across Scotland\u2019s major housebuilders, and we\u2019re delighted to welcome them into the business, while ensuring they continue to deliver the same high level of service their partners and customers have come to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry McGeough, managing director of Home Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve worked closely alongside First Mortgage for many years, and this latest move allows us to build on that relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very much business as usual for our partners and customers, with the same team, the same service, and the same focus on delivering for our builder partners \u2013 now with the added benefit of greater scale, investment, and long-term security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felicity Barnett, new build &amp; affordable housing manager at MAB, said: \u201cBringing together two highly respected businesses under the wider MAB Group strengthens our ability to support housebuilders and buyers across Scotland, while maintaining the independence and specialist expertise that underpin both firms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition reflects our commitment to our new build brokers, combining the strength of both businesses with continued investment to support growth and enhance their proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Mortgage, part of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) Group, has acquired Home Loan Services (Glasgow) Ltd to strengthen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7826],"tags":[19467,748,253153,918,4884,253154,121090,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-897975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glasgow","tag-acquisitions","tag-britain","tag-first-mortgage","tag-glasgow","tag-great-britain","tag-home-loan-services","tag-new-build","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116414404929563905","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}