Lifetime Mortages

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...

Legal & General Home Finance improves lifetime mortgage repayment options

Legal & General Home Finance has enhanced its Optional Partial Repayments feature on its...

Reasons for equity release declines revealed

More2life has published data which highlights the top reasons cases are declined to help...

Advise Wise and Responsible Lending unveil API integration

Advise Wise has announced the integration of Responsible Lending into its platform. Advise Wise's...

Consumer Duty & later life lending

Given we are less than a month away from the implementation of the Consumer...

Standard Life Home Finance joins finova panel

Equity release lender, Standard Life Home Finance has become the 85th lender to join...

Legal & General Home Finance reduces minimum drawdown

Legal & Home Finance has reduced its minimum drawdown amount to £1,000. The decision is...

More2life relaunches high LTV Apex range

More2life has announced the relaunch of its Apex product range, which offers high LTVs. ...

Stonebridge agrees new partnership with Air

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has announced a new partnership with...

Later life lending advisers’ vulnerability expertise on the rise

More2life’s bi-annual report into vulnerability suggests that advisers are becoming increasingly adept at spotting...

Pure Retirement hires new regional intermediary sales support

Pure Retirement has added new regional intermediary sales support to lifetime mortgage advisers as...
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Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

Why energy efficiency is hiding mortgage portfolio risk

For years, ESG strategies across the UK mortgage sector have operated under a relatively straightforward principle: better Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings equal lower...

Affordability shocks and expiring deals: why the 2026 mortgage peak demands a holistic protection review

I speak to mortgage advisers and brokers every day, and one topic keeps coming up - the sheer number of mortgage deals coming to...

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