Claire Geraghty Oak Mortgages

Claire Geraghty Oak Mortgages With access to 1000s of mortgage deals I provide bespoke, friendly advice not only for your mortgage needs but also your protection

I am an experienced mortgage adviser at Oak Mortgages with access to the latest deals on the market. At Oak Mortgages, we're very proud of the service we offer, we take our time to understand your circumstances and requirements to find the right products to suit your specific needs.

๐ŸŒณโ˜€๏ธ ๐€๐”๐†๐”๐’๐“โ€ฆ ๐˜๐Ž๐”โ€™๐•๐„ ๐๐„๐„๐ ๐€ ๐๐”๐’๐˜ ๐Ž๐๐„! โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒณHolidays? โœ…Family time? โœ…Much needed breaks? โœ…Keeping mortgages moving? ๐€๐๐’๐Ž๐‹๐”๐“๐„๐‹...
01/09/2026

๐ŸŒณโ˜€๏ธ ๐€๐”๐†๐”๐’๐“โ€ฆ ๐˜๐Ž๐”โ€™๐•๐„ ๐๐„๐„๐ ๐€ ๐๐”๐’๐˜ ๐Ž๐๐„! โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒณ

Holidays? โœ…
Family time? โœ…
Much needed breaks? โœ…
Keeping mortgages moving? ๐€๐๐’๐Ž๐‹๐”๐“๐„๐‹๐˜! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿก

August hasnโ€™t slowed the Oak team down! ๐ŸŒณ

Weโ€™re a team that genuinely understands the importance of ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ. โค๏ธ

While some of our brokers and staff have enjoyed well earned breaks, the rest of the team have stepped up, supported each other and made sure our clients didnโ€™t miss a beat.

๐Ÿ’š ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ+ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ! ๐Ÿ’š

And some of that support has even happened outside the usual working day, because sometimes our clients need us ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿก

Thatโ€™s what we love about our ๐Ž๐š๐ค ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’š

A huge ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” to every single person who has gone the extra mile this month, whether you were working, covering, supporting, answering a message, progressing a case or simply helping a colleague out.

And to those who have been on holidayโ€ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! โ˜€๏ธโค๏ธ

Now the holidays are coming to an end, weโ€™re ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐, ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ !

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐Ž๐š๐ค. ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ’š

๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅNew uniform, new shoes, labelled water bottles, numerous photos on facebookโ€ฆand somehow another summer hol...
31/08/2026

๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ

New uniform, new shoes, labelled water bottles, numerous photos on facebookโ€ฆand somehow another summer holiday has disappeared!

As the children head back to school and normal routines return, September can be the perfect time to revisit the plans that have been sitting on your to-do list.

Perhaps youโ€™re thinking about:

๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž
๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ
๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž
๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ 

An initial conversation can help you understand what may be possible, even if you arenโ€™t planning to make a move immediately.

Message us for Details.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž!Whether youโ€™re spending it decorating, house hunting, visiting family or simply e...
26/08/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž!

Whether youโ€™re spending it decorating, house hunting, visiting family or simply enjoying a well-earned rest, we hope you have a lovely long weekend and let's keep our fingers crossed for the weather.

If looking for a new home is on your agenda, our team can help you understand how much you may be able to borrow and what mortgage options could be available.

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ
๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž
๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐
๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ

You donโ€™t need to have found a property before speaking to us, getting prepared early can make the whole process much easier.

๐Ÿ“ž 01476 606020
๐ŸŒ www.oakmortgages.co.uk

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐€๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž?AI can explain what a default means, tell you what lenders generally look for ...
21/08/2026

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐€๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž?

AI can explain what a default means, tell you what lenders generally look for and help you understand complicated mortgage terminology.

But can it understand the story behind your credit history?
Can it speak to an underwriter about a case that sits just outside the usual criteria?
Can it recognise the important question you didnโ€™t know you needed to ask?

When it comes to mortgages, particularly if you have adverse credit, complex income or unusual circumstances knowing a lenderโ€™s published criteria isnโ€™t the same as knowing how they may assess your individual case.

Our latest blog explores how AI is changing the mortgage market, where it can be genuinely useful and why experienced human advice still matters.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full blog here: ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฌ://๐›๐ข๐ญ.๐ฅ๐ฒ/๐Ÿ’๐ฑ๐๐Ÿ‘๐”๐Ÿ๐†

If youโ€™ve been researching online but are still wondering, โ€œWhat does this actually mean for me?โ€, speak to the Oak Mortgages team.

Weโ€™ll take the time to understand the whole picture and help identify a suitable route forward without relying on guesswork or a generic list of lenders.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Send us a message

Use the technology. Then use the experience.



Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

Would you have agreed with us?
17/08/2026

Would you have agreed with us?

๐ŸŒฟ July Round Up | It's More Than Numbers. It's About People.As we look back on July, we're incredibly proud of what we'v...
03/08/2026

๐ŸŒฟ July Round Up | It's More Than Numbers. It's About People.
As we look back on July, we're incredibly proud of what we've achieved, but for us, it's never just about the numbers.

Every application submitted, every mortgage offer secured and every completion represents something much bigger...

๐Ÿก A first-time buyer collecting their keys.
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ A family finding the space they've dreamed of.
๐Ÿšš A home mover starting an exciting new chapter.
๐Ÿ  A landlord growing their investment portfolio.
๐Ÿ”„ A homeowner securing a better deal for their future.
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ A family gaining peace of mind by protecting their home, income and loved ones for the future.

Behind every success is a client who trusted us to guide them through one of the biggest financial decisions they'll ever make. We're honoured to have been part of so many journeys this month.

We're also incredibly proud that we've helped protect even more clients and their families this month. Protection is about far more than a policy, it's about ensuring our clients have the financial security and peace of mind they deserve should the unexpected happen.

A huge thank you to our incredible team for their hard work, knowledge and dedication. Your commitment to delivering outstanding customer outcomes is what makes the difference every single day.

And thank you to every client who chose Oak Mortgages. Your trust means everything to us.

Here's to helping even more people achieve their property goals in August! ๐ŸŒฟ

Because it's never just about the numbers... it's about the people behind them. ๐Ÿ’š

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž?Fraudsters are becoming increasingly convincing. They can pretend to be you...
01/08/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž?

Fraudsters are becoming increasingly convincing. They can pretend to be your bank, an online seller, a new romantic partner or even your own child asking for urgent help.

Weโ€™re hearing about more people being targeted through:

Facebook and Marketplace
Dating and romance scams
Fake bank and police calls
โ€œMum, Iโ€™ve lost my phoneโ€ messages
Identity theft and stolen personal information

Our latest guide explains the warning signs, what information you should never share and the practical steps you can take to protect yourself and your family.

There is no shame in being caught out these criminals are professional manipulators. The best protection is to pause, check and talk to someone you trust before sending money or sharing information.

Please read and share. One conversation could prevent someone from becoming the next victim.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full guide here: https://bit.ly/4h1aRrN

She had an idea and so far 17 of us have believed in her ideaโ€ฆโค๏ธNeed mortgage advice..? โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸกGet in touch if you want to: ...
30/07/2026

She had an idea and so far 17 of us have believed in her ideaโ€ฆโค๏ธ

Need mortgage advice..? โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿก

Get in touch if you want to:

โœ” Review your mortgage options
โœ” Check your affordability
โœ” Secure an Agreement in Principle

Whether youโ€™ve got perfect credit or a few bumps along the way, weโ€™ll help you explore your options

DM us or visit www.oakmortgages.co.uk to start your journey.

THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE SECURING OTHER DEBTS AGAINST YOUR HOME. YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE.

A mortgage brokerage has moved to larger premises after growing its team from three to 17.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž?We asked the Oak team to share their advice for firs...
29/07/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž?

We asked the Oak team to share their advice for first-time buyers, and the answers were surprisingly varied.

There are plenty of things people wish they'd known at the start of their home-buying journey.

๐Ÿ‘‡ We'd love to hear from you.

What's the one piece of advice you'd give someone buying their first home?

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ?New FCA rules came into force on 15 July 2026, giving customers stronger protect...
27/07/2026

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ?

New FCA rules came into force on 15 July 2026, giving customers stronger protection including affordability checks, clearer information and access to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

But there is another important change to understandโ€ฆ

Buy Now, Pay Later is credit. It may appear on your credit file, missed payments could affect your history, and mortgage lenders may take your repayments into account.

That does not mean using Klarna will automatically stop you getting a mortgage. However, several agreements, missed payments or regularly relying on BNPL could raise questions.

Our latest blog explains:

โœ… What the new rules mean
โœ… Whether Klarna can affect your credit file
โœ… What mortgage lenders may look for
โœ… What to do before applying for a mortgage

Read the full guide here: https://bit.ly/4fwPxYJ

Worried that Klarna or other credit commitments could affect your mortgage options? Speak to our friendly team before submitting an application.

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