We are champions of growth in the property investment industry.

We are more than a brokerage. We are a strategic partner—independent, aligned with investors, and committed to delivering structured, transparent and performance-driven outcomes across every stage of the investment process for long-term success.

Instead of trying to impress you with big words or boring you with long presentations, we provide you with straightforward support and guidance in a way that makes sense to you.

We’re all about pushing boundaries and being different. We’re innovative and progressive, and not afraid to try new things!

Founded in 2022, Word On The Street is a specialist finance broker, supporting ambitious borrowers with property funding.

Our UK-wide client base comprises first-time and experienced portfolio landlords, developers, investors and homeowners.

We partner with a wide range of lenders to arrange bridging, buy-to-let, development, auction, second charge and commercial loans—with an emphasis on demonstrable specialist knowledge across all sectors and asset types.

The team has extensive industry experience, with backgrounds in lending, banking, property management and broking.

Our company prides itself on adding value: through our process, due diligence, and duty of care applied to every case.

 

What our customers are saying:

Meet our team of experts

Michael Street
Founding Partner
Michael has a decade’s worth of experience in the specialist finance industry. He specialises in bridging, development and buy to let finance for clients with varying levels of property backgrounds…
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Stephen Burns
Partner
Stephen has been in the property industry since 1987. A highly respected specialist finance broker, with over £1.5 billion of property funding behind him, Stephen‘s obsession is providing the highest…
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Jack Medlicott
Partner
Jack has spent over a decade as a specialist property solicitor, working with lender clients, ranging from institutional PLCs and larger bridging providers to smaller family offices and start-ups. He…
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Caron Schreuder
PR and Marketing
Caron is the founder of Long Storey Short, a specialist property finance PR and marketing consultancy. Formerly the managing director of a prominent B2B property finance publishing company, Caron has…
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Michael Street
Founding Partner

Michael has a decade’s worth of experience in the specialist finance industry. He specialises in bridging, development and buy to let finance for clients with varying levels of property backgrounds and experience. Michael takes huge pride in delivering a service that is personable, efficient and accessible.

Jasmine Ough
Founding Partner

Jasmine has spent over 10 years in the property and specialist finance market with over six of those years as a qualified mortgage advisor. Specialising in buy to let and portfolio but to let mortgages makes Jasmine a uniquely experienced mortgage advisor. Her diligent, detailed and passionate approach to her work means that your best interests are cared for and protected.

Stephen Burns
Partner

Stephen has been in the property industry since 1987. A highly respected specialist finance broker, with over £1.5 billion of property funding behind him, Stephen‘s obsession is providing the highest level of service imaginable. He likes to be considered an integral part of a client’s team and works tirelessly to manage your funding requirements to elevate your property career.

Jack Medlicott
Partner

Jack has spent over a decade as a specialist property solicitor, working with lender clients, ranging from institutional PLCs and larger bridging providers to smaller family offices and start-ups.

He has overseen lending books of up to £200m, across buy-to-let, bridging, development and investment finance.

Jack has honed a specific skillset in revolutionising workflows and improving lender integration with various parties in the transaction process.

Ben Hartley
Specialist Mortgage Broker

Ben and Michael met while working at real estate lender Together, where Ben held a direct sales role across buy-to-let, bridging, commercial and development finance. He has also worked at Lowry Capital and Stretton Capital.

Given his background in lending and underwriting, as a broker Ben brings a deep understanding of how a deal is received by a funding partner, pre-empting those requirements to smooth the borrower journey.

Karen Street
Office manager

Karen has over 30 years’ experience in corporate management, putting her in good stead to ensure the smooth running of Word On The Street, while the firm continues its growth journey. Karen heads up the office operations and management, building on the team’s commitment to policy, process and procedure.

Caron Schreuder
PR and Marketing

Caron is the founder of Long Storey Short, a specialist property finance PR and marketing consultancy.

Formerly the managing director of a prominent B2B property finance publishing company, Caron has been immersed in the world of broker, lender, and client marketing and communications for 15 years.

Our Approach

Word On The Street uses a robust process to onboard our new clients quickly and efficiently.

We take time to meet you, fully understand your needs, and then we source your finance based on what you are looking to achieve.

By taking this customer focused approach, we are able to give you a genuine illustration of what you could expect to pay.

This accuracy not only saves you time in shopping around, but it also lets you know exactly where you stand.

Our support doesn’t end at application or offer. We will liaise with everyone involved in the transaction, from surveyors to accountants and solicitors, we will broker the whole deal through to completion.

Here’s how we approach the process of sourcing property finance for our clients

Our customers are our lifeline, and that is why we embed ourselves into your business so that we can understand your ambitions in order to ensure you receive the right guidance and the right products, every single time.

We are open minded and keep a keen eye on the latest market trends. This ensures that our skills are at their absolute peak and that we can share this education with our colleagues and clients as it happens. We believe that education is key to being the best versions of ourselves.

With over £1.5bn of mortgages and loans completed, the collective knowledge within our business and our network covers the whole lending process, from criteria questions, legals, underwriting and post completion matters. Let us be your guide on your property journey.

We take pride in everything we do and that translates into our service levels and the way in which we interact with our customers. Your interests are at the heart of everything we do.

The true path to success. Enabling you, as our customer, to realise and achieve your portfolio desires and, as Steve Jobs once said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do”.

How can we help?

Contact us today to learn more about our mortgage and loan product services and how we can help you achieve your financial goals.