Accord Mortgages has been added to Connells’ lender panel.

Accord had an existing relationship with Connells through Chelsea Building Society’s intermediary lending arm Chelsea Intermediary Services, which ceased operating in October last year as part of the integration of Chelsea’s services with its merger partner, the Yorkshire. Connells was one of three key lending partners to work with the Chelsea before the merger.

Connells Group is the second largest estate agency group in the UK, with nearly 470 branches nationwide.

Karen Faulkner, mortgage services development manager of Connells said: “We are delighted to build on our longstanding relationship with Chelsea Building Society by having Accord Mortgages join our Restricted Lender Panel and at a key point as we expand our sales force by a further 100 mortgage consultants. We look forward to working alongside the Accord team to ensure we provide our customers with the widest range of competitive mortgage products.””