Lifetime Mortages

Canada Life unveils online customer hub

Canada Life has introduced a hub on its website to help existing mortgage customers with...

Lifetime mortgages rise in popularity for women

Canada Life has claimed that recent trend data suggest a growing demand for lifetime...

OneFamily expands lifetime mortgage support teams

OneFamily has added two new underwriters and three mortgage processors to its lifetime mortgage...

3.5m over-65s feel guilty about spending cash

29% of people in the UK aged over 65 worry about spending money on...

Average equity release rate sub-5% for first time

Latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk has revealed that the average equity release rate has dropped below...

New lifetime mortgage from Canada Life

Canada Life Home Finance has launched Capital Select Platinum Plus, which it says offers...

Equity release market records its fastest ever start to a year

The Equity Release Council has reported that the first quarter of 2019 was the...

The Nationwide to offer dedicated advice for later life lending

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a new range of three later life mortgage...

L&G “explores” in-house lifetime mortgage advice

Legal & General says it is exploring its options with regard to providing financial...

TMA expands equity release panel

TMA Club has added lifetime mortgage provider, OneFamily, to its equity release panel. Members of...

Lifetime mortgage growth continues unabated

The Equity Release Council’s Spring 2019 Market Report has found that over the course...

Lifetime mortgage borrowers increasingly making monthly repayments

Growing numbers of homeowners with a lifetime mortgage are making monthly payments on their...

Canada Life introduces new lifetime mortgage option

Canada Life Home Finance has unveiled Capital Select Lite, which provides homeowners with the...

LV= plans to end friendly society status

Mutual insurance, retirement and investment group LV= plans to convert to a company limited...

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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