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Adviser confidence in mortgage market surges
Intermediary confidence nears historic levels, with a sharp recovery in cases placed.
Broker confidence wobbles post-Budget, picks up in December
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 in own businesses dips marginally post-election
Adviser confidence in the outlook for the mortgage market and the intermediary sector remained stable in Q3, but advisers’ confidence in their own businesses fell slightly, according to the latest findings from IMLA’s Mortgage Market Tracker
Intermediary confidence rises to long-run ‘norm’ in Q2 2024 as business volumes grow
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
Intermediary confidence rises in Q1, returning to pre-2022 mini-budget levels
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
Confidence returns to mortgage market with intermediary business levels up in Q4 2023
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 business levels stable as Q3 promises to be strongest lending quarter of 2023
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from IMLA reveals that advisers case numbers remain robust, while both DIP-to-completion and App-to-completion numbers have rebounded strongly.
Intermediary confidence in mortgage market ‘surprisingly’ steady for Q2 as business levels hold
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.
Intermediary case volumes grow year-on-year as market confidence recovers in Q1
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has been released today, with data suggesting a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market.
Mortgage market confidence dropped in Q4, but steady caseload volumes show business as usual on the horizon
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.
Average intermediary caseloads dip in the third quarter of 2022—IMLA report reveals
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 remain stable in the second quarter of 2022—IMLA report reveals
Intermediary workload volumes were sustained at Q1 levels, according to the latest findings from IMLA’s Mortgage Market Tracker.
Average intermediary caseload volumes fall in the first quarter of 2022 from record peak in Q4 2021, but confidence remains high—IMLA report reveals
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
Intermediary confidence in the outlook for their own firms was also strong, with 62% feeling ‘very confident’ and 98% confident overall.
House price earnings ratio reaches historic high in 2021 as UK experiences mortgage affordability paradox
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
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
Intermediary confidence returned to pre-pandemic levels in Q1 2021, according to IMLA
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.
Intermediary case volumes fell in Q4 but confidence in market outlook remained strong
The average number of mortgage cases handled by advisers fell from 90 between July and September to 78 in Q4, research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) found. However, the vast majority of advisers remained positive about the outlook for their businesses (96%), the intermediary sector (92%), and the wider mortgage market (85%).
Brokers remained cautiously confident about the mortgage market in Q3, IMLA research shows
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
IMLA has published the data from its latest Mortgage Market Tracker, a survey of 300 mortgage brokers in Q1 2020