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'If the figures add up, there is finance available', says Enness Group's CEO Islay Robinson - despite current economic uncertainty and the UK's development finance scene having seen some big shifts in recent years.
Islay Robinson, a founder of Enness, is widely regarded as one of the UK's leading mortgage brokers. He has been instrumental in delivering some of the most complex and high value mortgages in the UK.
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Buy-to-let investors need to be more pro-active than ever in order to get the most out of a property portfolio, writes Islay Robinson, CEO of Enness Group, in an in-depth survey of the UK's BtL scene.
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