Mortgage product availability up 24% during 2017

23 January 2018

An additional 2,007 mortgage products have been introduced into the UK mortgage market over the past 12 months, representing a 24% uplift in product availability, according to new data from Mortgage Brain.

Despite going through several periods of change and uncertainty last year, BTL products have shown the strongest performance over the past 12 months – increasing by 32% to a new high of 2,959 (as of 15 January 2018).

Representing one of the largest product types by volume, 60%+ LTV products have also seen a big increase over the same period – increasing by 22% over the past 12 months and currently accounting for 8,407 of all mainstream products available.

An additional 1,090 products over the past 12 months represents a 21% uplift in the number of products with a 70% LTV or more, with 6,364 products of this type now available to advisers.

A total of 10,380 mainstream mortgage products are now listed on Mortgage Brain’s first and second charge sourcing systems, up from 8,373 in January 2017.

Mark Lofthouse, CEO of Mortgage Brain, comments, “While our latest data continues to show strong movement in product numbers over the past 12 months, our short term analysis is showing that product availability could be stabilising with less movement seen in the number of additional products for most types during the last quarter of 2017.“

There’s no doubt, however, that the market is in a much healthier place for all concerned in terms of product choice and availability when compared to the past two to three years. We’ll just have to wait to see what 2018 will have in store for us.”