Lifetime Mortages

Total equity release lending rises for third successive quarter

Over 15,000 customers were active in the equity release market for the first time...

2025: A year of continued positive change for later life lending

In many ways, last year was a consolidatory yet overall successful year for the...

Average lifetime mortgage house values up 25% year-on-year

Average property values among new lifetime mortgage customer are continuing to rise, according to...

Rise in lifetime mortgage use for debt and mortgage repayments

Pure Retirement has reported a number of changes in use of its later life...

Advise Wise integrates with LV= to offer ‘instant KFIs’ and direct online apps

Advise Wise has announced the successful completion of an advanced API integration with LV=. This...

Advise Wise adds Forever Legal to one-click instruction feature

Advise Wise has announced the extension of its one-click instruction feature to Forever Legal’s...

LiveMore overhauls unveils new lifetime products and adds drawdown

LiveMore has expanded its lifetime equity release products to further widen financial options for...

The equity release market is dead… long live the later life lending market!

A few weeks ago, I struggled through the snow to attend the Equity Release...

Large lifetime loans offer useful option for high net worth clients

A big discussion point for many advisers and their clients recently has been the...

LiveMore reduces all its mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across all its 200+ mortgages, spanning standard, retirement interest-only (RIO)...

Opportunities prevail in later life lending

The evolution of the later life lending market over the last 10 years has...

Optimistic outlook for later life market despite lifetime mortgage slump

UK Finance has reported that that there were 5,830 new lifetime mortgages advanced in...

Equity release sector urged to ‘level up’

Equity Release Group (ERG) has called for heightened online accuracy and an "enriched" consumer...

Later Life Lending Network to go Great Gatsby with gala dinner

The Later Life Lending Network has revealed details of its Annual Conference, which will...

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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...