Habito

This article is about the online financial services company. For other uses, see Habito (disambiguation).
Hey Habito Ltd
habito
Private limited company
Industry
  • Financial services
  • Mortgage brokers
Founded London, United Kingdom (January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12))
Founder Daniel Hegarty
Headquarters London, UK
Area served
UK
Key people
  • Daniel Hegarty (CEO)
  • Toby Coppel (Director)
Services Residential mortgage broker
Slogan Mortgages. Solved.
Website habito.com

Habito is a digital mortgage broker service based in London. The company was founded in January 2015 and registered as Hey Habito Ltd.[1]

History

Habito was founded by incumbent CEO Daniel Hegarty who serves as a Director alongside two other directors; investor Toby Coppel and mortgage broker Patrick Usher.[2]

The disruptive online service offering mortgage search and comparison was launched in April 2016[3] after a seed funding round and uses over 100 mortgage lenders.[4] Backers included prominent Financial technology figures TransferWise CEO Taavet Hinrikus, Funding Circle CEO Samir Desai, and Yuri Milner of DST Global.[5]

References

  1. Hey Habito Ltd - Overview, Companies House free company information beta service.
  2. Hey Habito Ltd - Overview, Companies House free company information beta service.
  3. Ambrose, Jillian. "Digital-only mortgage broker to take on UK rivals", The Telegraph, London, 11 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
  4. Turvill, William. "Digital mortgage broker aims to bring market into "21st century" and save consumers £29bn after securing £1.55m in seed funding", City A.M., London, 11 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
  5. O'Hear, Steve. "Habito is another London startup aiming for a slice of U.K.’s lucrative mortgage market", TechCrunch, London, 12 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.

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