Access Financial Services (Access FS) has reported record results for its mortgage division in Q1 2025, with mortgage revenues at an all-time high.
The brokerage’s mortgage arm saw a 43% increase in quarterly revenue compared to the same period last year.
Access FS said that its advisers completed 14% more loans than in Q1 2024, with the average loan size increasing by 13%.
The total value of the mortgage business rose by 29%, equating to an increase of £17.2m.
Nick Jones (pictured), mortgage sales and marketing director at Access FS, said: “Today Access FS’s mortgage division is reporting its best ever quarter, with revenue up 43% from a year ago.
“Growth has been driven internal and external factors. 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.”
The company also saw a 32% increase in the number of advisers while Q1 procuration fees rose by 37% year on year.
Jones added: “Advisers are choosing to join Access FS not just for our enhanced support, but because they want a firm that truly supports every stage of their financial services career.
“Whether you’re newly qualified and looking for lead generation, growing your team through recruitment, or planning your eventual exit with the security of a retainer, our proposition is designed to flex around you.
“We’re a dynamic and innovative business, and that makes our offering a compelling one.”
He said: “Now we’re looking ahead to Q2 and a renewed push further into the specialist finance space – watch this space.
“Company revenues rose by 46% last year and we are making some big appointments to ensure we keep growing at that sort of pace.”
He added: “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.”
