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The Specialist - a Pepper Money Podcast · Oct 2, 2025 · 42 min

S6 E3: The digital path to homeownership with Maria Harris

Our host Rob Barnard sits down with Maria Harris as they discuss her extensive career, and how she got her start in the mortgage industry. They cover a range of topics, including how she helped launch the UK’s first digital mortgage to founding and chairing the Open Property Data Association, Maria has been driving change through digital innovation in the mortgage and property industry. They explore the challenges buyers face today, how digitisation can improve the buying process to make it as frictionless as possible, and what still needs to be done to make the journey easier. Find out more about OPDA here: https://openpropdata.org.uk/

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Our host Rob Barnard sits down with Maria Harris as they discuss her extensive career, and how she got her start in the mortgage industry. They cover a range of topics, including how she helped launch the UK’s first digital mortgage to founding and chairing the Open Property Data Association, Maria has been driving change through digital innovation in the mortgage and property industry. They explore the challenges buyers face today, how digitisation can improve the buying process to make it as frictionless as possible, and what still needs to be done to make the journey easier.

Find out more about OPDA here: https://openpropdata.org.uk/

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