11 March, 2026 by Euan Healy, Ortenca Aliaj, Laith Al-Khalaf and Robert Smith in London
In 2019, two small funds were running the usual checks before investing in a fledgling mortgage lender registered to an address in the sleepy outskirts of a market town in North Essex.
They quickly hit a wall. Market
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