IMLA News Archive
News items from 2024
IMLA urges government to review regulatory barriers to first-time ownership
IMLA’s latest research on mortgage affordability estimates that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by the end of 2023.
Phoebus becomes IMLA's latest associate member
IMLA now has a total of 69 full and associate members including banks, building societies, non-bank lenders and mortgage service providers
Permanent Mortgage Guarantee Scheme would not move the dial for FTBs
The Labour party’s proposed initiative has been effective in grabbing headlines, but would be unlikely to be effective in helping First-Time Buyers onto the property ladder.
Smart Money People joins IMLA as associate member
IMLA now has a total of 69 full and associate members including banks, building societies, non-bank lenders and mortgage service providers
Intermediary confidence rises in Q1, returning to pre-2022 mini-budget levels
Adviser confidence in outlook for the mortgage market, intermediary sector and own business all up in the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest findings from IMLA’s Mortgage Market Tracker
IMLA backs BSA’s calls for housing policy reform
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders’ Association (IMLA) fully supports the Building Societies Association (BSA) in its calls for Government reforms to assist first-time buyers and address the UK’s housing crisis
Confidence returns to mortgage market with intermediary business levels up in Q4 2023
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker Report from IMLA reveals that 83% of advisers felt confident about the outlook for the mortgage market in December 2023, with the average number of cases placed annually by mortgage brokers rising to 103 in Q4.
Pure Retirement becomes latest IMLA member
Lifetime mortgage provider Pure Retirement has become the latest full member of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association