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Packager alliance secures new blood

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The Professional Mortgage Packagers Alliance has announced its latest member, Countrywide Mortgage Centres.

Countrywide has a direct-to-consumer operation, a packaging business that services brokers across most of the country, and deals with mortgage applications to non-panel lenders that originate from the groups 1,100 branches.

PMPA director of operations Jon OBrien says: Countrywide is a highly successful and well run packaging business, with the backing of a powerful parent, and we are delighted that it has become the latest PMPA member. Both PMPA and Countrywide are confident of a long and mutually beneficial professional relationship as both organisations continue to grow successfully in the future.

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