According to its latest figures, the company’s advisers completed 14% more loans than they did in the first quarter of 2024.  The average loan size (ALS) increased by 13% with the total value of mortgage business completed rising by 29%, a £17.2m increase.

Commenting on the first quarter numbers Access FS’s, the mortgage sales and marketing director Nick Jones said: “Growth in our adviser community has been a strong contribution to these results alongside industry recognition and enhancements to our proposition. We recently introduced an internal referral initiative, ‘Access All Areas’, we’ve started rolling out individual microsites for each of our advisers as well and we’ve grown our mentorship programme. This has helped our advisers grow by encouraging them to collaborate even more.”

Additionally, Access FS revealed a 32% increase in adviser numbers and said first quarter proc fees were up 37% year on year.

Looking at current trading and the damage to world trade from Donald Trump’s tariffs, Jones concluded: “We’re already seeing another driver of growth for us in Q2; renewed interest in property as an investment class.  People are rightly nervous about the state of global stock markets in the face of an international trade war.  Trading over the last couple of weeks suggests risk-averse investors might be embracing property to avoid carnage in the equity markets.”