Lifetime Mortages

More 2 Life offers joint borrower Capital Choice Plan feature

More 2 Life has added an additional feature to its Capital Choice Plan for joint...

‘Silver spenders’ supporting UK output by £7bn

New research from Legal & General Home Finance and the Centre for Economics and...

JLM Mortgage Services unveils equity release firm

JLM Mortgage Services has launched a new equity release advisory firm called Equity Release...

Three senior appointments for L&G retail retirement division

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Jon Scannell, Meg Dickens and Sara...

OneFamily unveils new two year fixed lifetime offer

OneFamily has launched a new two year fixed offer across its range of lifetime...

Two new non-exec directors for Legal & General Home Finance

Legal & General Home Finance has appointed a pair of new non-executive directors to...

Strong growth for enhanced equity release plans

Key Retirement’s Q3 Equity Release Market Monitor shows total property wealth released by new...

Key Retirement teams up with live-in care provider

Key Retirement has partnered with live-in care provider Elder to grow the number of...

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...

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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