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Adviser confidence in mortgage market surges
23 May 2025

Intermediary confidence nears historic levels, with a sharp recovery in cases placed.

IMLA warns of unintended consequences of proposals for PRS
28 November 2024

IMLA report on the Private Rented Sector calls for government to: recognise the importance of PRS, which houses 20% of UK households; accept that increased regulation will push up rents, and; apply policy more fairly across tenures.

Intermediary confidence rises to long-run ‘norm’ in Q2 2024 as business volumes grow
08 August 2024

Adviser confidence in outlook for the mortgage market, intermediary sector and own business all up in the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest findings from IMLA’s Mortgage Market Tracker

IMLA urges government to review regulatory barriers to first-time ownership
25 June 2024

IMLA’s latest research on mortgage affordability estimates that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by the end of 2023.

Permanent Mortgage Guarantee Scheme would not move the dial for FTBs
07 June 2024

The Labour party’s proposed initiative has been effective in grabbing headlines, but would be unlikely to be effective in helping First-Time Buyers onto the property ladder.

IMLA backs BSA’s calls for housing policy reform
22 April 2024

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders’ Association (IMLA) fully supports the Building Societies Association (BSA) in its calls for Government reforms to assist first-time buyers and address the UK’s housing crisis

Confidence returns to mortgage market with intermediary business levels up in Q4 2023
05 February 2024

The latest Mortgage Market Tracker Report from IMLA reveals that 83% of advisers felt confident about the outlook for the mortgage market in December 2023, with the average number of cases placed annually by mortgage brokers rising to 103 in Q4.

Intermediary confidence in mortgage market ‘surprisingly’ steady for Q2 as business levels hold
15 August 2023

The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from IMLA reveals surprisingly upbeat market sentiment among advisers during Q2, although the data indicate growing caution about the outlook for the sector.

Mortgage market confidence dropped in Q4, but steady caseload volumes show business as usual on the horizon
09 February 2023

The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has been released today, finding that the sector has recovered well from the disruption following the mini-budget in September 2022.

Mortgage market to slow in 2023 and 2024 but borrowers remain resilient in the face of global upheavals, IMLA report predicts
21 December 2022

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published its “New ‘normal’ – prospects for 2023 and 2024” report, predicting mortgage market performance in 2023 and 2024

Average intermediary caseloads dip in the third quarter of 2022—IMLA report reveals
09 November 2022

Demand in the mortgage market has dipped slightly in Q3 2022, most likely as a result of the current turbulent economic climate, with the latest data from IMLA’s Mortgage Market Tracker showing that average intermediary case volumes decreased slightly from 97 in Q2 to 93 in Q3.

Average intermediary caseload volumes fall in the first quarter of 2022 from record peak in Q4 2021, but confidence remains high—IMLA report reveals
25 May 2022

Intermediary confidence in the outlook for their own firms remained strong, with 62% feeling ‘very confident’ and 98% feeling ‘very confident’ or ‘fairly confident’.

Average intermediary caseload volumes reach record high in Q4, according to IMLA
15 February 2022

Intermediary confidence in the outlook for their own firms was also strong, with 62% feeling ‘very confident’ and 98% confident overall.

Government must maintain balance between home ownership and private rental sector in 2022
17 January 2022

The recommendation is part of IMLA’s 2022 Mortgage Market Manifesto, identifying key areas of focus for the market this year

Mortgage market set for quieter 2022 after unprecedented 2021, IMLA report predicts
10 January 2022

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published its 2022 ‘The New Normal—prospects for 2022 and 2023’ report, predicting mortgage market performance in 2022 and 2023

House price earnings ratio reaches historic high in 2021 as UK experiences mortgage affordability paradox
29 November 2021

The latest research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association suggests that the UK is experiencing a mortgage affordablility paradox.

Adviser business volumes reached record levels in Q2 2021, according to IMLA
10 August 2021

Six in ten intermediaries felt very confident about the outlook for their own firm in Q2 2021 compared to four in ten this time last year

IMLA predicts the housing and mortgage recovery from Covid will remain robust
26 July 2021

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has today published its report on the impact of Covid on the UK housing and mortgage market – one year on.

Intermediary confidence returned to pre-pandemic levels in Q1 2021, according to IMLA
17 May 2021

Advisers’ confidence in the outlook for the mortgage industry recovered in Q1 2021 to levels not seen since before the start of the coronavirus crisis, according to IMLA’s latest Mortgage Market Tracker.

Mortgage sector cautions on impact of hard Stamp Duty deadline for homebuyers and sellers
18 December 2020

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) and The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) are issuing this joint warning to members about buyers hoping to complete their property purchases before the Stamp Duty deadline of 31st March