e4 Strategic introduces VERSA to transform lender–conveyancer communication
05 August 2025
VERSA, a new digital workflow management platform developed by digital solutions provider e4 Strategic, has been launched to modernise the post-offer processes and improve efficiency in the conveyancing process for UK mortgage lenders and conveyancers.
VERSA has been developed in the UK over the past four years in collaboration with some of the industry’s leading mortgage lenders and conveyancing experts, backed by over two decades of experience delivering similar solutions to South Africa’s largest mortgage lenders and conveyancers.
The platform has been built to address one of the most persistent challenges to the UK property market - the manual and fragmented nature of the offer-to-completion phase of the conveyancing transaction. VERSA delivers a fully digital workflow that securely connects, in real time, lenders with conveyancers and other key parties throughout the homebuying and remortgage processes.
While much of the focus in recent years has been on digitising the front end of the mortgage process from application to offer, the post-offer stage has been mostly overlooked and remains an often slow and frustrating part of the transaction for all involved.
The VERSA platform provides a full suite of products that digitise the offer-to-completion process, including:
- Milestone-driven intelligent workflows and case tracking
- Secure real-time communication between parties
- First-to-market query solutions with intelligent automation
- Digital document management with e-signatures and validation
- Full system and data integration via API’s
- A single platform to manage both panel management and digital case workflows
By using VERSA, lenders can expect significant direct cost savings, faster transaction times, and much easier management of their panels. Conveyancers can expect the same, plus easier and quicker lender communication, automated workflows, and faster response times to queries. The consumer will have a more streamlined transaction, and improved transparency of the conveyancing process, with full progress updates available.
Simon Slater, CEO of e4 Strategic, commented:
“For years, the industry has been talking about end-to-end digitisation of the mortgage process - and whilst great strides have been made up to the offer stage, the experience from offer through to completion is still far too slow, too manual, and too opaque. That’s what we at e4 set out to address.
“Many lenders still rely on emails, faxes and outdated systems to communicate with conveyancers, with queries and updates being processed manually and tracked across disconnected systems. With VERSA, we’re empowering lenders and conveyancers by providing a digital platform to make their working lives easier; we are giving them the tools they need to improve transaction times, reduce their overheads and mitigate risk, as well as deliver a far better experience to their clients and customers. It’s all about empowering users, joining the dots and bringing proper workflows and visibility into a part of the process that’s been left behind with the advancements in technology.
“What truly sets VERSA apart from other property technology is how innovative it is. VERSA has been built with the aim of reimagining how lenders and conveyancers can collaborate in a modern, digital way. VERSA is not tweaking with what’s already there. Instead it takes a clean-slate approach with expert input from leading mortgage lenders, conveyancers and a range of technology partners, to deliver a platform that will address the genuine needs of the profession, clients and customers.”
