IMLA News Archive
News items from 2021
IMLA announces new lender Even as the latest institution to join membership
Even is a Help-to-Buy style scheme aimed at first-time purchasers who prefer to buy pre-owned property and joins 58 banks, building societies, non-bank lenders and mortgage service providers to be a full or associate member of IMLA.
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.
Hampshire Trust Bank becomes latest lender to join IMLA
Hampshire Trust Bank joins 57 other full and associate members, spanning a range of banks, building societies, non-bank lenders and mortgage service providers.
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
IMLA predicts the housing and mortgage recovery from Covid will remain robust
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has today published its report on the impact of Covid on the UK housing and mortgage market – one year on.
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.
Lenders have a role to play in tackling climate change, but BEIS proposals unlikely to achieve desired results
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
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%).
Mortgage market set for growth in 2021 despite coronavirus disruption, IMLA report shows
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