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Mortgage Advice,
Built Around You.

For over 20 years, Help to Lend has helped clients navigate the mortgage journey with advice tailored to their circumstances โ€” from the first conversation through to completion.

Get expert mortgage advice โ€” it won't impact your credit history.

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Our Approach

Advice that starts with you.

Help to Lend has been providing advice for over 20 years. We believe successful advice starts by understanding the individual, their circumstances and their goals.

From the earliest conversation through to the day you complete, we take care of the process: preparing the application, working with lenders and solicitors, and keeping you informed. Where protection is relevant, we consider it as part of the same plan rather than an afterthought.

The Journey

From first conversation to completion.

Six connected stages. You always know which one you're in and what happens next.
  1. 01

    Understand

    Understand your circumstances, plans and objectives.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Review your position and mortgage requirements.

  3. 03

    Recommend

    Identify suitable mortgage and protection options.

  4. 04

    Apply

    Manage the mortgage application process.

  5. 05

    Progress

    Help manage the journey and keep you informed.

  6. 06

    Complete

    Support you through to completion.

Keys being handed over on completion day

Completion Day

The day the keys are yours.

Every application we manage is aimed at one moment: a smooth completion, with no surprises and nothing left chasing in the background.

Mortgage Finder

Not sure where to start?

Tell us a little about your circumstances and we'll help you understand your options.

Protection

Getting the mortgage is only part of the journey.

Suitable protection can help maintain the things a mortgage depends on: your income, your family's stability, the property itself and the commitments that sit alongside it. We discuss it openly, without pressure, and size any recommendation to the gap that actually exists.
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Why Help to Lend

Why clients choose Help to Lend.

A named adviser, a prepared application and someone who keeps the process moving on your behalf.
01
20+ years of experience
Two decades of advising clients through changing markets, rules and circumstances.
02
Personalised advice
Recommendations built on your position in life, not a one-size-fits-all template.
03
A human approach
A named adviser who knows your case and answers the phone.
04
End-to-end support
From pre-application to completion, we take care of the moving parts.
05
Mortgage expertise
Residential, buy to let, self employed, contractor and specialist cases.
06
Protection advice
Cover considered as part of responsible mortgage planning.

Client Feedback

In our clients' words.

Real experiences from clients we've helped across Derby and the East Midlands.
Paul made our first purchase feel completely manageable. He explained every option in plain English, found us a rate we didn't think was possible, and chased the lender so we didn't have to. We were in our new home within ten weeks.
Sarah & James MitchellDerby โ€” First-Time Buyers
As a contractor, high-street banks kept turning me away. Help to Lend knew exactly which lenders understood my income and had my mortgage agreed in principle within days. Genuinely impressed from start to finish.
Daniel OkaforNottingham โ€” Contractor Mortgage
We remortgaged to release funds for an extension and the whole process was effortless. Clear advice, no jargon, and we were kept updated at every stage. I've already recommended them to two friends.
Priya SharmaLeicester โ€” Remortgage
Paul Chatha, Founder of Help to Lend

Paul Chatha

Founder

The Founder

The man behind the vision.

Paul founded Help to Lend on a simple belief: mortgage advice works best when it is personal. Not a transaction processed, but a relationship built โ€” understanding where a client is starting from, where they want to be, and taking care of everything in between.

That philosophy shapes the way the firm works today. Every case is treated individually, every option is explained plainly, and every client knows exactly who is looking after them from the first conversation through to completion.

Let's make your next move a little easier.

Whether you're buying your first home, moving, remortgaging or planning for what's next, our advisers are here to help.

  • 20+ Years of Advice
  • Whole of Market Panel
  • Support to Completion

As a mortgage is secured against your home, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up the mortgage repayments. Help to Lend is a trading style of Paul Chatha (FCA reference 927290), an appointed representative of King Mortgages Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. King Mortgages Ltd is entered on the Financial Services Register under reference 803561.