IMLA News Archive
News items from 2025
3.5 million first-time buyers waiting in the wings
Regulation blocking many prudent buyers from homeownership
Adviser confidence in mortgage market surges
Intermediary confidence nears historic levels, with a sharp recovery in cases placed.
Finova joins IMLA as associate member
Finova has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) as an associate member.
VAS joins IMLA as associate member
VAS has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA)
Suffolk Building Society joins IMLA as full member
Suffolk Building Society has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA)
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.
Time to manage borrower expectations as Stamp Duty deadline approaches
Brokers who have not already done so are also being urged to contact those clients at risk of missing the reduced Stamp Duty cut-off, in order to prepare them for the worst-case scenario.
Leek Building Society becomes latest IMLA member
Leek Building Society has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) as a full member, bringing the number of full and associate members to 68.