IMLA News Archive


News items from 2013

CML’s gross mortgage lending figures for November 2013
19 December 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the 30% annual growth of mortgage lending in November 2013

CML's October gross mortgage lending figures
12 December 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the continuing growth of mortgage lending

IMLA comments on the CML £195 bn forecast for gross mortgage lending in 2014
10 December 2013

IMLA comments on the CML £195 bn forecast for gross mortgage lending in 2014

IMLA comments on the Autumn Statement
05 December 2013

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

The Bank of England’s announcement to withdraw the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) for mortgages in January 2014
28 November 2013

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

The uptake of Help to Buy equity loans and the supply of affordable housing
21 November 2013

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

The CML gross mortgage lending figures for October
20 November 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the rise in monthly gross mortgage lending in October

The latest UK housing market statistics
12 November 2013

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

The annual decline in net housing supply in England for 2012/13
07 November 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on new figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)

Nationwide house price index for October 2013
31 October 2013

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

The Bank of England’s money and credit report for September
29 October 2013

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

The new timetable for Help to Buy 2
30 September 2013

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

The latest house price indices and market policies
27 September 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the latest house price indices from Nationwide and the Land Registry

CML gross lending figures for August
19 September 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the £16.6bn of gross mortgage lending in August

Lenders confident that stress tests will not bar most mortgage applicants
02 September 2013

Intermediary mortgage lenders are confident that new affordability checks resulting from the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) will not significantly reduce the number of people who successfully apply for a mortgage.

Lenders fear a return to 2007 house prices as a result of Help to Buy
28 August 2013

Mortgage brokers and intermediary lenders are united in their concern that inflated house prices are the gravest threat to the success of the Help to Buy scheme, according to the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).

CML gross mortgage lending figure for July 2013
20 August 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on the 29% year-on-year increase in July’s gross mortgage lending figure from CML

The latest housing market data from ONS and RICS
13 August 2013

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

Bank of England inflation report
07 August 2013

Peter Williams, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments on today’s inflation report from the Bank of England

One in four brokers say Funding for Lending Scheme has failed expectations to date
01 August 2013

The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) has failed to live up to expectations for over a quarter of mortgage brokers, according to research by the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).