In the fourth adviser-focused video in association with Halifax Intermediaries, our panel of advice experts tackle the question: 'Should first-time buyers see digital advisers?'
Vikki Jefferies, proposition director at LSL says she’s more a fan of bionic advice than robotic advice, with professionals supported by digital technology – and Andrew Montlake, director at Coreco adds that he believes people want to use brokers who want to use technology.
Join the video debate below.
Our panel includes:
Ian Wilson, head of Halifax Intermediaries
Vikki Jefferies, proposition director, LSL
Andrew Montlake, director, Coreco
Chair: Victoria Hartley, group editor, Mortgage Solutions
Watch the series of video panel debates which includes discussion of product transfers and application processing.
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.