Crown Mortgage Management has become an associate member of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association.

The associate membership of the IMLA is one which allows firms who work closely with the IMLA membership joining debates, industry forums, dinners and other events. Crown Mortgage Management is sponsoring a lunch for the IMLA on 22nd May to be held in central London which will introduce Crown Mortgage Management to the membership.

Crown Mortgage Management joins nine other firms to make up the IMLA associates list.

This is the first time that Crown has become a member of the IMLA although Godfrey Blight, director at Crown Mortgage Management previously held the role of chairman of the IMLA in 2008.

Andrew Doyle, managing director of Crown Mortgage Management, said: “We are delighted to be associated IMLA members, particularly as the focus by lenders on the intermediary sector has returned. We are really pleased to be working with all of their partners.

“We constantly strive to provide great service to our clients and this relationship will enable us to express our views and interests to others in the sector through discussion and debate.”

Peter Williams, executive director at IMLA, added: “It is great to have Crown on board as an associate and our lunch sponsor. These are challenging times for the industry and having access to the expertise of Crown is a real benefit to our members and our market. It is also a real pleasure to welcome Godfrey Blight back to IMLA table.”