Sesame Bankhall Group was responsible for over £26.1 billion of mortgage applications to lenders in 2011, a £1.9 billion increase on the previous year.

The group’s market share also increased to 13.8% of the overall UK mortgage market.

The combined group includes mortgage club PMS and Sesame.

John Cupis, managing director of PMS, said: “It was another challenging year but with the strong support of our adviser and lender partners