Conti has reported that it has been signing up an average of 70 mortgage intermediaries per month since last summer, bringing the total to more than 8,000.

The overseas mortgage specialist says that despite the situation in the UK, brokers might be pleasantly surprised by the healthy appetite of overseas institutions to lend to foreign investors. In addition, historically low interest rates and bargain property prices are making it much more affordable to buy a property abroad.

Clare Nessling, director at Conti, said: “If brokers haven’t yet considered the overseas mortgage market as a source of additional income