IMLA News Archive


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Lenders back drive for transaction clarity, speed and professionalism in property transactions
15 October 2025

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has broadly welcomed the government’s consultation on reforming the home buying and selling process, describing it as a long-overdue opportunity to modernise one of the most outdated elements of the housing market.

Adviser confidence in mortgage market surges
23 May 2025

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

Mortgage market to contract slightly in 2024 before recovering in 2025; intermediary share keeps growing
20 December 2023

IMLA has published its annual report on prospects for the mortgage and housing markets over the next two years. The ‘New Normal’ report estimates that gross lending fell to £225.5 billion in 2023, down 28% on the previous year.

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.

Lenders have a role to play in tackling climate change, but BEIS proposals unlikely to achieve desired results
17 February 2021

IMLA has responded to a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) consultation which proposes lenders annually disclose the average EPC rating of all properties they lend against

Mortgage market set for growth in 2021 despite coronavirus disruption, IMLA report shows
15 January 2021

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published its 2021 New Normal report which looks at how the mortgage market could perform in 2021 and 2022

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

October economic ‘cliff edge’ could be less severe than feared, new IMLA report suggests
14 September 2020

New report from IMLA suggests that the end of the furlough and payment holiday schemes might not have such a severe impact

‘Big thinking’ Budget needed to fix broken housing market
25 February 2020

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is urging the Chancellor to apply a ‘big thinking’ approach to housing in his upcoming Budget Statement (11 March)

Reduced political uncertainty to support UK mortgage market growth in 2020 and 2021, IMLA report shows
16 January 2020

The mortgage market is set to return to growth over the next two years, according to the latest report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).

First-time buyer mortgage completion rate at three-year high amid broker Brexit uncertainty
12 March 2019

IMLA Mortgage Market Tracker – Q4 2018

Mortgage Market Outlook Stable But Millions of Young People Risk Not Getting on Housing Ladder
12 February 2019

New IMLA report: ‘The New Normal: Prospects for 2019 and 2020’

Softening mortgage market highlights Brexit concerns - IMLA Mortgage Market Tracker – Q3 2018
27 November 2018

Softening mortgage market highlights Brexit concerns – IMLA Mortgage Market Tracker – Q3 2018

ONS Index of private housing rental prices (IPHRP) in Great Britain for September 2018
17 October 2018

Kate Davies, Executive Director of Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) comments on the ONS Index of private housing rental prices (IPHRP) in Great Britain for September 2018

MHCLG English Housing Survey
12 July 2018

Kate Davies, Executive Director, Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) comments on the MHCLG English Housing Survey:

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s March Quarter 2018 statistics on house building and new build dwellings in England
03 July 2018

Kate Davies, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) comments on the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s March Quarter 2018 statistics on house building and new build dwellings in England