Lifetime Mortages

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales partners with Responsible Life

Asset management firm Spicerhaart Corporate Sales has announced Responsible Life as its refinance partner...

Average gift to family with a lifetime mortgage up by almost £25k

Homeowners using a lifetime mortgage to financially support family members are releasing over £110,000,...

Video: Canada Life, Key & Monument FS discuss later life opportunities for brokers

Discussing these issues are: Will Hale, CEO, Key Paul Jeal, director, Monument Financial Solutions ...

OneFamily appoints BDM for the North West

OneFamily has appointed Donna Johnson as a business development manager (BDM) in its adviser...

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...

COMMENT

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

Why energy efficiency is hiding mortgage portfolio risk

For years, ESG strategies across the UK mortgage sector have operated under a relatively straightforward principle: better Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings equal lower...

Affordability shocks and expiring deals: why the 2026 mortgage peak demands a holistic protection review

I speak to mortgage advisers and brokers every day, and one topic keeps coming up - the sheer number of mortgage deals coming to...

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Pepper Money reduces residential and buy-to-let rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges and launched...

Barclays to launch 24-hour fast-track remortgage service

Barclays is to introduce a fast-track remortgage service that could provide eligible borrowers with...

Conveybuddy reports 88% rise in instructions after two years

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has reported an 88% year-on-year increase in instructions as it marks...

Hanley Economic launches shared ownership mortgages for foreign nationals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced two shared ownership mortgages for foreign nationals living...

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