The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has given the thumbs down to the Budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The trade body was disappointed...
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11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association reveals that confidence has returned to the mortgage market,...
14 February 2024
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Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...
18 December 2023
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The latest Mortgage Market Tracker from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association shows surprisingly upbeat market sentiment among advisers during the second...
21 August 2023
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The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association wants the government to give additional support to landlords It says the cumulative effects of regulatory and...
20 June 2023
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There’s a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market, according to the latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the...
16 May 2023
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Q1 2022 saw the average number of mortgages placed per year by intermediaries fall slightly from the previous quarter, according to...
12 May 2022
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Intermediaries believe they can hold out against the uncertainty being caused by Brexit and the general election, according to the Intermediary...
19 November 2019
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The vast majority of UK intermediaries (91%) remain positive about the outlook for the mortgage industry despite ongoing political uncertainty, according...
29 August 2019
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Over-55s now make up nearly 200,000 owner occupier housing transactions in England each year, according to the latest study from the...
11 April 2019
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First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...
15 March 2019
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The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...
20 December 2018
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A Brexit ‘uncertainty effect’ is washing over UK mortgage brokers after the largest drop in business volumes in more than two...
03 December 2018
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The mortgage industry is failing to keep up with modern borrowers, according to a new study conducted by Together. It revealed that...
16 November 2018
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The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is urging government to provide clarity around the future of the Help to Buy Equity...
12 October 2018
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Homeowners are ageing at a faster rate than the UK population as developments in post-retirement lending put a strain on the...
30 August 2018
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Over three quarters (76%) of first-time buyers’ mortgage applications via intermediaries resulted in a completion in Q1 2018, the highest number...
15 June 2018
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The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...
09 March 2018
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The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced the election of a new Chair. Phil Rickards will take up the role from...
21 December 2017
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Nearly seven in ten (69%) mortgage brokers saw an increasing demand for 35-year mortgages, according to the latest research from the...
24 October 2017
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The value of specialist mortgage lenders’ annual lending has increased 19% per year since 2009, according to a new report from...
06 October 2017
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The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...
02 May 2017
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Brokers are encountering fewer difficulties when sourcing mortgages for clients than at any point since the introduction of the Mortgage Market...
05 April 2017
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The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is on the lookout for a new executive director. The news follows Peter Williams' announcement that...
25 January 2017
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Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...
18 January 2017
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Homemovers have just registered the highest success rate for turning mortgage applications into completions. Some 80% of homemover applications led to an...
03 June 2016
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Almost half of all customer enquiries to brokers ended in a mortgage completion in the third quarter of 2015. One in three customer...
23 November 2015
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A dip in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in September was offset by a sharp rise in remortgaging. The Bank...
30 October 2015
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Brokers have criticised Chancellor George Osborne's hint that the Bank of England will be given new powers to regulate the buy-to-let...
26 October 2015
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Loss of higher rate tax relief and tighter regulation on buy-to-let could harm tenants more than landlords by constraining the supply of rented...
20 October 2015
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The large majority of brokers and lenders fear that new EU regulations may hit UK mortgage lending. New research shows that 74% of...
14 September 2015
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Brokers are buzzing with confidence after new figures showed the mortgage market enjoyed its best July for seven years. Gross mortgage lending...
21 August 2015
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The Bank of England is facing criticism for recent comments which warned of the dangers to the UK economy of the...
07 July 2015
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Brokers have welcomed the absence of fresh controls on residential borrowing in latest Bank of England Financial Stability Report. That is in...