Lifetime Mortages

OneFamily improves fixed rate lifetime mortgage offering

OneFamily has increased the maximum loan amount from £750,000 to £1 million on its...

More 2 Life launches ‘on demand’ CPD webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life has launched a series of CPD webinars for...

Legal & General Home Finance partners with Virgin Money

Legal & General Home Finance has agreed a new five-year partnership agreement with Virgin...

OneFamily makes two hires for intermediary sales team

OneFamily has appointed Chris Brown as a strategic account manager and Laurie Diiorio as...

More 2 Life becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

Key Retirement rebrands as Key

Independent adviser for equity release and later life lending, Key Retirement, has rebranded as...

£1bn of lifetime mortgage lending in a quarter “just around the corner”

The equity release market edged closer to £1bn of activity in a single quarter...

OneFamily adds two-year option to interest payment lifetime mortgage

OneFamily is launching a two-year fixed offer on its interest payment lifetime mortgage. OneFamily’s interest...

Just Group develops regular drawdown lifetime mortgage with Saga

Just Group has unveiled a lifetime mortgage product that enables Saga customers to receive...

Twenty7Tec launches equity release sourcing

Twenty7Tec has unveiled what it claims to be the UK’s first "truly blended" sourcing...

L&G joins up with Twenty7Tec for lifetime mortgage sourcing

Legal & General has announced a new partnership with Twenty7Tec that will see the...

Equity release lending more than doubles in two years

The Equity Release Council has reported that first-quarter lending activity in the equity release...

Underwriting behind OneFamily’s lifetime mortgage approval rate

OneFamily has revealed that it now approves nine out of 10 applications for lifetime...

L&G posts 54% rise in retirement division profits

Legal & General has reported an increase in operating profit of 54% across its...

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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...