Lifetime Mortages

Nationwide offers lifetime mortgage deal

The Nationwide Building Society is launching a lifetime mortgage product. In summer 2016 Nationwide extended...

L&G and Co-op Bank partner for lifetime mortgages

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has agreed a five-year deal with the Co-operative...

Age Partnership rapped for misleading advertising

Age Partnership has had a television ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A...

More 2 Life lowers Capital Choice Plan age requirement

Equity release lender, More 2 Life, is lowering the age limit of borrowers who...

OneFamily appoints funding consultant

OneFamily has appointed Denise Saber as a funding consultant. She will report to John Adams,...

Equity release competition drives down cost of borrowing

Key Retirement has reported that equity release customers are saving up to, or in...

L&G appoints head of IFA sales for lifetime mortgages

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Rob Miles to the position of...

OneFamily becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced OneFamily as its latest Ambassador. OneFamily offers...

OneFamily launches lifetime mortgage comparison tool

OneFamily has introduced a lifetime mortgage calculator that provides advisers with the ability to...

L&G hires lifetime mortgages’ operations director

Legal & General has appointed Mike Thompson to the position of operations director of its...

Legal & General Home Finance to relocate

Legal & General Home Finance will be relocating to a larger office in Solihull...

New lifetime mortgages from L&G

Legal & General has launched new Flexible Max and Flexible Max Plus lifetime mortgages. It...

New lifetime mortgage provider gets FCA approval

Responsible Lending has received full approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is set...

First network member for the Equity Release Council

Lighthouse Advisory Services has joined the Equity Release Council as its first financial services network organisation member. The...

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We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

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...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

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South drives first annual asking house price fall since 2024

Asking prices for homes in Great Britain have slipped into annual decline for the...

Rents fall as inflationary pressures mount

Tenants are beginning to feel some respite as rents across Great Britain fall at...

Bank of England set to hold rates as inflation proves sticky

The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 4% this week...

Mortgage pros stride for mental health on Thames Bridges Trek

Mortgage industry pros from Crystal Specialist Finance, Market Financial Solutions, Movin Legal, MT Finance, United...