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13 March 2014

Award-winning platform adds five specialist firms to its expert team to meet growth demands over the next 12 months

SortRefer has beefed up its conveyancing offering by inviting five heavyweight firms to join its already-strong legal panel.
The Derby-based online business is expanding its servicing capacity as it gears up for anticipated annual growth of more than 200% in 2014.
Joining forces with Martin Tolhurst of Kent, Telford-based Martin Kaye, Birmingham specialist, Davisons, PLS from Altrincham, and Stephensons, who have a major regional presence in the north-west of England and London, means that mortgage brokers and financial advisers who use SortRefer’s online platform are now able to use more firms with a proven conveyancing pedigree.
“We are naturally delighted to be able to welcome five legal firms into the SortRefer fold that have such outstanding conveyancing pedigrees,” commented Managing Director, Kevin Tunnicliffe.
“The new firms are well-known to us and have a proven track record in delivering high quality work on time and to budget.
“They have excellent reputations in the market and will compliment our existing panel members, all of whom are among the top 30 firms in the UK who specialise in conveyancing.”
Martin Kaye, PLS and Stephensons will cater for the sale, purchase and remortgage needs of SortRefer’s growing community of mortgage brokers and financial advisers, while Davisons and Martin Tolhurst will initially focus solely on sale and purchase transactions.
SortRefer’s recent tie-up with Mortgage Advice Bureau, as part of MAB’s newly launched Conveyancing proposition, has partly necessitated the expansion of the panel. Alliances with other large networks are currently in negotiation.
A key requirement of all SortRefer’s firms is that they are able to manage potentially large volumes of conveyancing cases every month – as measured by HM Land Registry.
“As we grow, we will be providing large numbers of cases to each of our panel members,” added Kevin Tunnicliffe. “So they need to have tried and tested infrastructures capable of meeting demand.
“I’m delighted to say that all five firms who have recently joined us exceed our expectations in this regard – and they also have strong reputations for meeting customer needs. So there is a really good fit between us.”

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kevin Tunnicliffe, Managing Director
Telephone: 0333 456 4567. Email: kevin.tunnicliffe@sortrefer.co.uk

Tony Yorke, Media and Marketing Adviser
Telephone: 07879 658888

Notes to Editors
1. SortRefer won the Best Conveyancing Service – Panel Managers category of the 2014 Mortgage Strategy Awards on 26 February 2014. The company also received a commendation in the 2013 MoneyFacts Awards.
2. The other legal firms that belong to the SortRefer Conveyancing panel are: Beaumont Legal, O’Neil Patient, Fidler Pepper, Birchall Blackburn, Advantage Property Lawyers and Grindeys.
3. SortRefer is a trading style of Sort Limited, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales.