This will be our biggest Conference ever and we look forward to sharing more information about the event as we lead up to the 2nd April.
It is now time, if you haven’t done so already, to book your overnight accommodation.
Just Mortgages are contributing significantly to the cost meaning the price to you is just £64.00 B&B. The hotel is The Arden Hotel & Leisure Club. (not to be confused with the Lender Fayre venue, it is NOT the same!). This hotel is a short distance from the Lender Fayre venue and we will be providing shuttle bus transfers to and from the hotel in the evening.
As you will know, you can refer your customers for a Level 2 Survey (formally known as Homebuyer) providing your client with peace of mind, and in return receive a referral fee for doing so. We have great news! Until the 31st of January – you can earn £100 for each of these carried out!
do I refer for a Survey? Simply, send an email to Referrals@valunation.com Please ensure you head the email “New Survey or Valuation Referral”
order for the Valunation Team to proceed the following information MUST be included in your email:
Email address
Type of survey they are interested in You will receive payments one month following the completion of the survey, e.g. job completed in February, payment will be made March.
Join Smartr365 & eConveyan upcoming webinars
As you will have seen, an all new Integration is now live between Smartr365 & eConveyancer.
This means you no longer need to re-key information within the eConveyancer portal to generate quotes and instruct a conveyance, cutting down on the keying effort to quote and instruct and conveniently found all within Smartr365!
A short preview video can be viewed HERE
Join Smartr365 to run through the full features and benefits of the integration:
Monday 20th January 1:30pm. Book your place on this one visit HERE
Wednesday 12th February 1:30pm. Book your place on this one visit HERE
There is a very simple, one-time step to enter your credentials into Smartr365 and then you will be ready to go. This will be explained on both calls but is outlined below:
Step 1: Visit Smartr365 and click on “SETTINGS”
Step 2: Within Settings click on “ULS REGISTRATION”
Step 3: Enter your eConveyancer credentials and click save
Note if you are a member under principal, your Principal needs to complete this step and not you, to show across their firms’ platform.
SmartrConnect | Webinars coming up
If you are not yet using the brilliant time saving tool (15 mins per DIP, 30+ mins per FMA) then you are missing out!
9 lenders currently use this service, accounting for over 70% of our lender share:
Accord
Aldermore
Barclays
Darlington Halifax
Leeds Nationwide
Natwest
TSB
Learn more about this powerful feature by booking into one of the following upcoming webinars. All sessions are for 30 minutes and commence at 1:30pm:
Tuesday 4th February – To book in click HERE
Tuesday 11th February – To book in click HERE
Tuesday 18th February – To book in click HERE
Tuesday 25th February – To book in click HERE
Once you have booked in, you will be sent an email confirmation with a calendar invite enclosed.
Blue Monday - it is really a marketing gimmick?
Blue Monday, the third Monday in January and apparently the saddest of the year, when cold and darkness meet with Christmas debt and failure to fulfil New Year’s resolutions, resulting in bad feelings all around. But there’s one important fact to know about Blue Monday: it isn’t real.
It’s not based on real science or research; it’s a marketing gimmick invented by a since-closed travel company to try to sell more holidays. The British company Sky Travel made up the term in a 2005 press release, citing a formula of cold weather, debt, salary, time since Christmas, and a few other factors contributing to these ‘blues’
While it’s great that many people are using Blue Monday as an opportunity to raise awareness around mental health, the idea that there’s one specific day on which you’re most likely to be depressed is at its best unscientific. Mental health 'good and bad' days are individual to each of us, and it is all about how we look after ourselves every day.
We wanted to highlight the help and support that is available to you should you need it.
Your Wellbeing Assistance programme is a confidential benefit package designed to help us deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting home life or work life, health, and general wellbeing.
Services available:
• Life support: Access to counselling for emotional problems and a pathway to structured therapy sessions .Counselling falls under the umbrella term ‘talking therapies’ and allows people to discuss their problems and any difficult feelings they encounter in a safe, confidential environment. The term can mean different things to different people, but in general, it is a process people seek when they want to change something in their lives, or simply explore their thoughts and feelings in more depth.
• Legal information: For issues that cause anxiety or distress including debt management, consumer, property or neighbour disputes.
• Bereavement support: Counsellors who can help with grief plus legal advisers to help with related legal matters.
• Medical information: Qualified nurses are on hand to offer support on a range of medical or health-related issues offering practical information and advice.
• Online CBT: Self-help tools and leading qualified counsellors in dealing with a range of issues.
• Your Family: offers support for you and your immediate family members.
Health Assured also offers support for you and your immediate family members*, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year by calling 0800 917 6470 .
*Health Assured define immediate family members as spouse/partners and children aged 16 to 24 in full-time education, living in the same household. My Learning Space, your training platform.
Below are links to podcasts, modules and webinars, held in your training platform, My Learning Space.
We have a wellbeing library with 30 different items for you to explore, below are some examples that includes their links.
Staying Motivated Through Setbacks - A podcast delving into how to stay motivated through setbacks:
Supporting loved ones with their Mental Health - In this podcast our wellbeing assistance provider Health Assured, speaks to counsellor Amy Hyman about supporting loved ones with their mental health: https://mylearningspace.thinqi.co.uk/repository/resource /e58a3bfe-c45a-4b68-bd49-6e546841510e
Financial Wellbeing - In this 10 minute module we look at what financial wellbeing is, as well as the tips to help you improve it:
Want to learn more about the first time buyer mortgage market?
Sign up to Leeds Building Society’s free Building a Better Future for First Time Buyers webinar on 6 February 2025 at 10am (60 mins).
Join a host of industry experts for discussions on the opportunities and challenges in the first time buyer mortgage landscape, and how you can support those buying their first home.
Joining the webinar will help you say ‘yes’ to more first time buyers. You’ll also learn about Income Plus, Leeds new mortgage product that makes it easier for people buying their first home to borrow more without the need to save a larger deposit. D ’ i f l d !
Vida Homeloans' 3 & Easy - home-ownership just got easier
Vida Homeloans' 3 & Easy - home-ownership just got easier
Vida Homeloans' has created 3 & Easy, to help your clients into the home they want to own, sooner than they hoped they could. A 97% mortgage, with the usual flexible Vida criteria and common-sense underwriting, designed to help you help your clients turn dreams into reality sooner, using just a 3% deposit.
Highlights of the 3 & Easy product range include:
Available on Vida 36 credit tier, with 5 and 7-year fixed rate products.
Fee Saver options available.
Maximum loan size of £750,000.
Available for first time buyers, home movers and remortgages.
Potential term of up to 45 years.
Available with Vida's flexible criteria: adverse credit history, complex incomes and second job income, selfemployed and contractors.
Protection proposition overview webinars January 2025
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Paymentshield: 28 January 1pm
Legal & General: 28 January 2pm (registration required)
Personal Protection Presenter Demonstration: 28 January 3pm (registration required)
Cura: 28 January 4pm
Wednesday 29 January
Zurich: 29 January 9am
iPipeline Solution Builder: 29 January 10am (registration required)
The Exeter: 29 January 11am
Usay Compare: 29 January 12pm
Royal London: 29 January 1pm
LV=: 29 January 2pm (registration required)
Guardian: 29 January 3pm
Coop Legal Services: 29 January 4pm
ICYMI: Introduction to Co-Op Legal Services Webinar
As part of our strategic partnership with Co-op Legal Services did you know that all your clients have access to a FREE, no-obligation legal review?
Start 2025 the right way by learning more about what they offer and how this can benefit your clients by joining Co-op on a webinar:
Tuesday 21st January 4pm-5pm Click HERE to join when it is time.
