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Just Mortgages Appoints Claire Jopson as Area Director for Yorkshire and North East

Just Mortgages has appointed Claire Jopson as area director within its self-employed division. Jopson will be based in Selby and will support self-employed advisers across Yorkshire, the North East, and the wider northern region.

Jopson joins Just Mortgages from Mortgage 1st, where she worked as adviser relationship and development manager. In that role, she oversaw adviser recruitment, onboarding, and support, as well as managing lender relationships. She brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial services, having started her career with NatWest and First Direct, before moving to Accord Mortgages as a senior mortgage underwriter. Jopson later worked in mortgage advice with Yorkshire Building Society and Echo Finance, where she held roles including self-employed adviser, team manager, and head of adviser development.

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division supports almost 500 advisers across the UK. The company states that Jopson’s experience as an underwriter, broker, adviser, and development manager will add value to brokers at every stage of their careers.

This appointment is relevant to letting agents and inventory clerks as it highlights ongoing developments in the mortgage advice sector, particularly in the support structures available to self-employed advisers operating in the northern regions of the UK.