Consumer demand for mortgage advice rises

There were almost 7,000 consumer requests for details of mortgage advisers in January, its Advice Drivers report says. The majority (43%) of enquiries were from people looking for first-time buyer advice and 30% were for those searching for remortgage advice. This was followed by 20% for residential advice and 13% for buy-to-let advice. Karen Barrett, chief executive of Unbiased, said it was encouraging to see first- time buyers approaching the property market with renewed vigour this year and investigating their options despite the market remaining volatile. She commented: "It ...