Specialist lending high on IFAs' agenda says UCB

Specialist lending is high on IFAs' agenda when it comes to finding mortgages for their clients, acording to research by UCB Home Loans, which says four in five IFAs deal with specialist providers as well as mainstream lenders. The research was commissioned by UCB, a subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society, and involved the participation of 250 mortgage intermediaries. Two major niches of the mortgage sector also account for nearly two-thirds of the specialist lending market, the buy-to-let sector which makes up 30% and self-certification at 35%. The remaining third of the mark...