VAS Assurance rebrands

Specialist property valuation firm Validate will continue to provide property desktop valuation and auditing services to its base of specialist lenders and challenger bank clients.

Although it is now separated from VAS Valuation Group, Validate continues to be led by founder Stephen Todd (pictured above).

Stephen commented: “Originally founded as Valuation Audit Services, where the name VAS comes from, it then became known as VAS Audit and most recently VAS Assurance.

“The VAS Assurance business has evolved over the last decade, in line with the expansion of our services.

“At the same time, we have seen tremendous growth in the VAS Panel business, which has undergone various rebrands itself.

“This move will now also allow us to rename the VAS Panel business to simply VAS.

“I am excited to announce the new Validate brand and see the continued growth of its innovative Desktop+ and auditing services — demand for which has increased significantly over the years as clients seek an alternative to AVMs.”