Cameron Adams

Property franchises broaden their horizons

The Property Franchise Group has teamed up with Legal & General and London & Country to offer their customers mortgages across the whole of the market. The Property Franchise Group, the UK’s largest property franchisor with 287 offices nationwide trading under various brand names including Martin & Co, Whitegates, CJ Hole, Parkers and Ellis & Co, hope that the new financial services arm will help to significantly boost company profits. London & Country, the UK’s largest fee free mortgage broker with a 3 per cent market share, expect to arrange in the region of £9 billion worth of mortgages and process 43,000 applications this year, of which 20 per cent are buy-to-let. Phillip Cartwright, Managing Director of London & Country, commented, “Our partnership with The Property Franchise Group is mutually beneficial and we are delighted to be associated with the UK’s largest property franchisor. They have one of the biggest client bases in the sector and we are looking forward to helping their customers take advantage of our award winning, fee free service.” The new financial service offered by The Property Franchise Group will be available via telephone and online. “We chose telephone and web fulfilment because people are busy…