Equity Release

Pure Retirement improves Classic lifetime mortgage proposition

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has made changes to its Classic range of lifetime...

Key Partnerships adds new comparison services

Key Partnerships, the equity release referral service arm at Key Group, has launched new...

Pure Retirement reintroduces higher LTVs

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has made further improvements to its Heritage range. Its Special...

Air unveils new Comprehensive Conversations Manifesto

Air has launched a new Comprehensive Conversations Manifesto to establish a new standard of...

Standard Life Home Finance to offer discounts to borrowers who commit to regular payments

UK equity release lender Standard Life Home Finance is to add to its Horizon...

Legal & General Home Finance in API integration with Advise Wise Platform

Legal & General Home Finance has launched an Application Programming Interface (API) link with...

Pure Retirement joins IMLA

Pure Retirement has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

Smart Money People reveal firms with highest broker-ranked BDMs

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that InterBay and Landbay...

Legal & General issues new lifetime mortgage pricing

Legal & General Home Finance has unveiled a new pricing approach for its lifetime...

In later life lending, labels matter

Ours is an industry where language matters. Where what we say to each other...

Air Academy adds new LIBF-accredited affordability module

Air Academy, the later-life lending learning platform, has introduced a new affordability module. The module...

Over 5,000 customers using Pure Retirement account platform

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has reported that over 5,000 customers register and interact...

LiveMore cuts over-50s’ mortgage rates

LiveMore has further reduced mortgage rates across its entire range of products by up...

Hodge improves residential rate switch proc fees

Specialist lender, Hodge, has announced a rise in its procuration fees for its broker...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

Specialist lenders drive semi-commercial market towards £1bn

Britain's semi-commercial mortgage market is on course to exceed £1 billion of annual lending...

Equity Release Council names John Godfrey as chair

John Godfrey, the former head of the No 10 policy unit, has been appointed...

Monmouthshire app brings in new generation of customers

Seven in 10 customers registered for Monmouthshire Building Society's app had not previously banked...

Clydesdale to raise selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale is to increase selected residential product transfer rates by up to 0.23%. The changes...

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