The Property Franchise Group, which has 287 offices nationwide, has launched a financial services arm in partnership with London & Country.

London & Country is the UK’s largest fee-free mortgage broker with a 3% market share. This year it expects to arrange £9bn worth of mortgages and process 43,000 applications, of which 20% are buy-to-let.

The Property Franchise Group trades under the property brand names of Martin & Co nationally, Whitegates in the north and midlands, CJ Hole in Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire, Parkers along the M4 corridor and Ellis & Co inside the M25.

All will now be able to offer mortgages across the “whole of market”.

Ian Wilson, CEO of The Property Franchise Group, said: “We are delighted to have entered into this partnership and can now offer our clients an efficient financial services solution anywhere in the UK.”