The partnership will enable brokers to have more control over their cases and allow InterBay to focus on progressing cases to completion faster.

The service will also provide brokers with progress updates and reports concerning their valuation instructions to allow time to address other outstanding concerns.

Following the partnership, the OSB Group real estate team will continue to work closely with VAS Panel to ensure consistent report quality and ongoing adherence to the service level agreements and processes.

Emily Hollands, head of specialist finance at InterBay, said: “Following feedback from brokers, we’re delighted to team up with VAS Panel which will help streamline the valuation part of our process.

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“This partnership allows brokers to instruct their own valuations and access live updates on their case which we know will be a timesaver and provides intermediaries with increased autonomy for their cases.

Stephen Todd, chief commercial officer and co-founder at VAS Panel, added: “We are thrilled to be joining up with InterBay to assist them and their intermediary partners with their valuations process, all of whom will reap the benefits of a quicker, more seamless customer journey.

“Our service is designed to make the valuation process as quick, easy and seamless as possible with our exceptional team and market leading software combining to deliver valuation reports that are right first-time across commercial or semi-commercial cases.”