IMLA News Archive


IMLA comments on Bank of England Money and Credit report (September 2015)
29 October 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

IMLA comments on buy to let controls discussed at yesterday’s Treasury Select Committee
23 October 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on yesterday’s Treasury Select Committee discussion

Deterring buy-to-let investment will harm tenants more than landlords
20 October 2015

New IMLA report – Segmenting the UK mortgage market

IMLA responds to misleading reports of comments at yesterday’s IMLA Great Mortgage Debate
18 September 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

IMLA comments on today's BoE mortgage approvals
01 September 2015

Charles Haresnape, Chairman of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on today’s BoE mortgage approvals

IMLA comments on the seven-year high for gross mortgage lending in July (CML)
20 August 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on CML’s estimate of £22bn gross mortgage lending in July, the highest monthly total since July 2008

IMLA comments on the FCA’s review of MMR advice and distribution
09 July 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the FCA’s thematic review of advice and distribution under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), published today

Summer Budget: IMLA comments on mortgage tax relief and interest support
08 July 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of IMLA, comments on mortgage-related announcements in today’s Summer Budget

IMLA comments on the BBA mortgage approvals data – May 2015
24 June 2015

Charles Haresnape, Chairman of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on today’s BBA figures5

‘Regulatory layering’ threatens to bar more consumers from getting a mortgage
24 June 2015

IMLA report – Regulatory layering: assessing the cumulative impact of new financial regulations

IMLA comments on Bank of England mortgage approvals – April 2015
02 June 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the ten percent monthly rise in mortgage approvals

IMLA comments on the Queen’s Speech and Housing Bill
27 May 2015

Charles Haresnape, Chairman of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

IMLA comments on CML trends in lending for March and Q1 2015
19 May 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

IMLA comments on the ONS House Price Index and Right to Buy
14 April 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

Average home changes hands every 23 years – almost three times longer than in the 1980s
10 April 2015

New IMLA report – The new ‘normal’ — one year on

Failing to replace Help to Buy 2 will choke off competition and choice for first time buyers
05 March 2015

  • 65% of lenders believe competition will falter if the scheme expires without a permanent replacement
  • Majority of industry concerned that access to homeownership will suffer
  • Just 14% of brokers feel scaling back Help to Buy 2 would benefit the market

IMLA comments on the IRESS Intermediary Mortgage Survey
18 February 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

Mortgage market has become ‘too conservative’ as a result of post-2007 regulation
06 February 2015

Growing numbers of brokers report difficulties in meeting consumer needs

IMLA comments on the Bank of England’s new powers to protect financial stability
02 February 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments

IMLA comments on December’s Halifax House Price Index
08 January 2015

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on December’s Halifax House Price Index