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Broker confidence wobbles post-Budget, picks up in December
06 February 2025

Confidence in the mortgage market falters after the October budget, but brokers are more optimistic about the future of the intermediary sector than in the wider industry, with strongest confidence expressed in brokers’ own businesses.

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

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

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

Brokers remained cautiously confident about the mortgage market in Q3, IMLA research shows
13 November 2020

Strong demand in the mortgage market kept sustained intermediary confidence during Q3 2020, new research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) shows, but brokers are still treading with caution.

Intermediaries confident in own businesses and long term market future
29 May 2020

IMLA has published the data from its latest Mortgage Market Tracker, a survey of 300 mortgage brokers in Q1 2020

Record highs for intermediary market confidence in Q4 2019
12 February 2020

Intermediaries were more confident about the outlook of the mortgage market in Q4 2019 than at any other point during the year, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found in its latest Mortgage Market Tracker. According to the research, 93% of mortgage intermediaries were confident about the outlook for the mortgage industry heading into 2020.

UK intermediaries confident they can ‘weather the storm’ of political uncertainty
12 November 2019

Intermediaries are confident they can weather the storm of Brexit and a general election, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found in its latest Mortgage Market Tracker. According to the research, 91% of mortgage intermediaries said they were either ‘very confident’ or ‘fairly confident’ about the outlook for the mortgage industry.

UK Intermediaries still confident in industry outlook despite political uncertainty
28 August 2019

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that the vast majority of UK Intermediaries (91%) remain positive about the outlook for the mortgage industry, despite ongoing political uncertainty.

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

ONS May Index of private housing rental prices for Great Britain
15 June 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 May

Growth in mortgage lending forecast to continue, despite Brexit uncertainties
28 March 2018

IMLA releases the fifth in our series of annual reports looking at the outlook for the UK mortgage market in the coming year