Lifetime Mortages

More 2 Life introduces six-month rate, feature and LTV guarantee

More 2 Life is to guarantee rates and terms for a period of six...

Strong first quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that £1.06bn of property wealth was accessed via equity...

Covid-19: LV= moves to help equity release advisers write business

LV= has introduced measures designed to make it easier for advisers to write equity...

OneFamily outlines remote applications policy

OneFamily has made some changes to its processes to ensure that its lifetime mortgage...

‘Best Buy’ lifetime mortgage rate unveiled by Responsible Lending

Responsible Lending has introduced a  lifetime mortgage at 2.78% AER. The new rate was released...

MCI Club offers lifetime mortgages with OneFamily partnership

MCI Mortgage Club has appointed OneFamily to its lender panel, extending its range of...

Legal & General Home Finance joins IMLA

Legal & General Home Finance has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary...

Pure Retirement unveils its lowest ever equity release rate

Pure Retirement had made changes to its Classic range, with the lowest MER on...

Advise Wise Mortgage Club adds Hodge to panel

Hodge has been added to Advise Wise Mortgage Club’s lender panel. ...

More 2 Life promises application to offer in 14 working days

Equity release lender, More 2 Life, has launched its fastpath portal Service Promise, guaranteeing...

Pure Retirement expands Classic Lifetime Mortgage availability

Pure Retirement has made its Classic Lifetime Mortgage range available to a wider section...

TMA adds Legal & General Home Finance to equity release panel

TMA Club has added retirement lending solutions provider Legal & General Home Finance to...

Year-on-year fall for equity release

Latest data from Key has revealed that retired homeowners released more than £3.4 billion...

Canada Life cuts Lifestyle Options rates

Canada Life has reduced rates on three of the products in its Lifestyle Options...

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For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

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Fear of rejection deters thousands from applying for a mortgage

More than a third of would-be homebuyers say the fear of being rejected is...

Foundation Home Loans expands buy-to-let criteria to include social housing lettings

Foundation Home Loans has widened its buy-to-let criteria to accept single household properties let...

Pepper Money appoints new BDM in second charge team

Pepper Money has promoted Nicholas East to business development manager in its second charge...

Assetz Capital backs £506,250 residential bridging deal in Holywood

Assetz Capital has completed an 18-month bridging facility worth £506,250, secured against a prime...