Lifetime Mortages

FCA finds substandard advice in later life lending market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reviewed the later life lending market and worked...

Air introduces later life lending Navigator tool suite

Air has announced the launch of its new Later Life Lending Navigator, which has...

Just Group extends Green Mortgage discount offering

Just Group has added the Green Mortgage discount feature to all of its Just...

Rise in aspirational use of lifetime mortgages

Over the first half of 2023, lifetime mortgage customers have become more open to...

Hodge improves pension drawdown criteria for later life applicants

Hodge is increasing the percentage of pension drawdown it can accept to help more...

Responsible Lending expands access to Royal London equity release range

The range of lifetime mortgage products delivered by Responsible Lending in partnership with Royal...

Advise Wise provides new contact directory

Advise Wise has announced the launch of its newest platform feature, the Contacts Directory....

LiveMore offers automated DIP

LiveMore has developed a new mortgage origination platform in-house, incorporating a Decision in Principle...

Legal & General Home Finance adds low LTV variants to lifetime mortgage range

Legal & General Home Finance has revised its lifetime mortgage range following adviser feedback. These...

Advise Wise reveals API Integration with Aviva

Advise Wise has announced its API integration with later life lender Aviva. Advisers using the...

More2life widens Flexi-Choice Plan distribution

More2life has expanded the distribution footprint of its Flexi-Choice equity release plan. This will see...

LiveMore adds lifetime mortgages to offering

LiveMore has expanded its product offering to include equity release mortgages. The lifetime mortgage joins...

Air unveils white label calculator

Air has launched a new retained equity and repayments calculator to help advisers illustrate...

Families now much more likely to be involved in equity release conversations

The Covid-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis have impacted how open families...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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