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Paul McGowan attended Earnock High School in Hamilton before completing an honours degree in Cell Biology at Glasgow University. After a major review of his career options he chose to move into the property market which he had always been interested in and joined Roy Slater Estate Agency in 1987 just after Roy had set up the company. During his 10 years within the group he played a pivotal roll in ensuring that the company became one of the dominate Estate Agencies within the west of Scotland. After working in a number of the company branches he became based in the West End branch on Byres Road in 1990 whereby he remained the companies top mortgage broker for 7 consecutive years. In 1997 he was offered the position of Director, however, turned this down to start his own company McGowan Financial Management. The following year he obtained his own commercial premises on Byres road and the Independent Mortgage Store was born. He remains the longest standing broker on Byres Road having been based here for over 25 years.
Office Manager Laura Carson attended Kings Park High School in Glasgow. After starting a family Laura started back in work and joined Slater Estate Agents in 1992 as Paul McGowan's Personal assistant before following Paul to the Independent Mortgage Store in 1998. Laura has now worked directly with Paul for over 19 years.
Laura ensures that every detail of your mortgage application is scrutinised and kept up to date. She is your main point of contact during the mortgage process.