Progressive Approved Brokers

Neil Briggs is the owner of Octagon Financial an independent mortgage practice, with a team of experienced brokers working alongside Neil they have access to the whole market and exclusive products available thought their network, they can offer all types of mortgages including regulated contracts, buy to let, serviced accommodation/Holiday let lending along with bridging and commercial finance too. Neil not only is a very experienced broker but also sees it from the other side being a property investor with a variety of owned assets including single lets, HMO, commercial properties and undertakes ground up developments and commercial conversions so has first hand experience on all aspects of property and finance

Kiran Patel is the Managing Director of family-run brokerage Venture Finance. The firm is based in Sheffield and serves clients UK-wide.

Venture Finance specializes in commercial mortgages, bridging loans and development finance.

As a delegate, Kiran completed Progressive VIP in 2016, along with a number of other Progressive courses.

Progressive started our journey of building a rental portfolio of single lets and HMOs.

Progressive’s mentoring enabled us to work with investors and JV partners to create a volume business out of our existing flips strategy. This resulted in an increase from 2 flips in 3 years to 15 in one year.

We have made several contributions to YPN’s magazine and podcasts, both as property investors and commercial finance brokers.

Being property investors and developers ourselves, we offer a unique service as a commercial finance brokerage. There aren’t many challenges our clients will face that we haven’t ourselves personally.

There is good reason that Progressive teach to create a power team of professionals who invest in property themselves. We not only walk the walk, but share a common aspirational mindset, to ensure you achieve your property goals.