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Westmarq challenges surveying ‘duopoly’ as it targets lender business

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from the surveying industry's dominant players as it looks to establish itself as a major alternative in the market. Richard Sexton used the official launch of the former Legal & General Surveying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client has been introduced, but I think an opportunity is being missed if that is how we view the relationship. Advisers spend...

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