Three regional businesses – one mortgage broker, one conveyancer, the other an estate agent – have joined forces to create what the trio call “a super agency” to handle every aspect of a home move, plus legal and ancillary services.
Sort Legal – with a head office iin Derby and a hub in Cardiff – has teamed up with South Shields-based mortgage brokers Hello Mortgage and estate agents, Estatio.
They say they will launch a series of main branches and smaller hubs to provide a ‘triple-threat’ of estate agency, mortgage and protection advice, and legal services, from various regional locations whilst bringing employment and apprenticeship opportunities to the local area.
The first new branches have opened in South Shields and Teesside. Other locations in the UK are currently be explored to take this joint venture to other regions.
Sort Legal boasts extensive experience in delivering top-notch conveyancing solutions to its clients and embraces the last marketing leading technology to provide the highest levels of customer service, working directly with and from the same location as Hello Mortgage and Estatio to ensure a smoother property transaction.
Hello Mortgage is a whole of market mortgage brokerage, which offers its mortgage and protection services nationally. It prides itself on its levels of customer service and offers a bespoke service based around its clients’ unique needs and circumstances.
Estatio has extensive knowledge of the local property market, coupled with years of property industry experience and exceptional customer service.
Keith Ahmed, group managing director, says: “Integrating our services in this way will also lead to improved communication and co-ordination amongst the different departments, reducing delays and speeding up the whole conveyancing process as well as enhancing levels of customer satisfaction.
“We are initially rolling out our new combined branch and hub in the North East, but have plans to expand to other areas in the North in the coming months.”