Lifetime Mortages

Pure Retirement offers 40% annual repayments ERC-free

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 40 product, offering customers the ability...

Just Group returns to physical valuations

Just's surveyor partner has recommenced physical valuations in England as of Monday 18 May. Physical...

Responsible Lending offers 2.51% lifetime mortgage rate

Lifetime mortgage provider Responsible Lending has unveils a lifetime mortgage interest rate of 2.51%...

Big Equity Release Quiz winners revealed

Pure Retirement has announced the winners of last week’s inaugural Big Equity Release Quiz,...

LV= issues six-month equity release rate guarantee

LV= has introduced a six-month interest rate guarantee on its equity release applications. For any...

Hodge launches new online intermediary services

Hodge has launched a new website and broker portal, designed to streamline the broker...

Pure Retirement revamps adviser portal

Pure Retirement has launched a new online portal which it says allows advisers to...

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...

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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