Lifetime Mortages

L&G hit £200m lifetime mortgage target last year

Legal & General's lifetime mortgage lending reached £201m in 2015, hitting the £200m 2015...

New lifetime mortgage portal unveiled

Lifetime mortgage provider More 2 Life is investing in a new online portal designed to speed up applications...

Largemortgageloans.com moves into lifetime mortgages

Specialist large mortgage provider Largemortgageloans.com has launched a new brand, largeequityrelease.com. The move is...

LV= offers new equity release product

LV= has launched a new product, Lifetime Mortgage LumpSum+. It aims to provide additional flexibility...

Advisers expect equity release enquiry boom

Demand for the better use of property wealth to fund retirement is set to...

Equity release advisers estimate 20% over value homes

Bower Retirement Services research has suggested that up to one in five equity release...

Why 2015 gave us food for thought

How might we describe the 2015 mortgage market when we come to look back...

More 2 Life anticipates continued expansion

More 2 Life has expanded its headcount by 30% over the last 12 months...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils lifetime mortgage referral panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched its lifetime mortgage referral panel, which aims...

Lack of joined-up policy making threatening PRS

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned against discouraging...

Major equity release distribution deal revealed

Legal & General Home Finance has agreed a tied distribution deal with equity release...

7% prevented from moving mortgage due to age

Saga Equity Release Advice Service has claimed that one in three over 50s still...

Advisers urged to secure full health disclosure

Lifetime mortgage provider More 2 Life is calling on advisers to ensure that clients fully disclose...

L&G doubles its lifetime mortgage target

Legal & General has doubled its target for lifetime mortgages and now expect to...

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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