Mortgage brokers see demand pick up

Out of 132 intermediaries interviewed, more than half (52%) of advisers said they were optimistic about the future, while a quarter (26%) still harboured reservations and remained pessimistic. The research also found that virtually every mortgage adviser's business has suffered to a degree over the past year. Three-quarters (77%) said that their business had suffered a lot and a fifth (20%) said that it had suffered a little. However, the majority of advisers felt the market has turned the corner with 63% believing they have seen the bottom of the market in terms of demand for mort...