Later Life

All change in top five equity release criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's February criteria index has shown a number of surprise results with some sectors...

Legal & General Home Finance joins IMLA

Legal & General Home Finance has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary...

Older homeowners ‘face £18k retirement income shortfall’

A new report from the Equity Release Council and Key – The pension /...

Pure Retirement unveils its lowest ever equity release rate

Pure Retirement had made changes to its Classic range, with the lowest MER on...

Advise Wise introduces specialist solicitor panel

Advise Wise Mortgage Club has launched a specialist solicitor panel for its members. Advise Wise...

Sizeable proportion of pensioners staggering retirement

A number of pensioners are opting for a staggered retirement and working part-time before...

The Nottingham improves RIO offering

The Nottingham Building Society has reduced the rate of its Retirement Interest Only (RIO)...

Age Partnership unveils equity release network

Equity release broker, Age Partnership, has launched a network for self-employed equity release advisers. Age...

Advise Wise Mortgage Club adds Hodge to panel

Hodge has been added to Advise Wise Mortgage Club’s lender panel. ...

New lender on Air Mortgage Club panel

Air Mortgage Club has announced the addition of the Chorley Building Society to its retirement...

More 2 Life promises application to offer in 14 working days

Equity release lender, More 2 Life, has launched its fastpath portal Service Promise, guaranteeing...

Welsh homeowners are the biggest retired winners

Equity release adviser Key has reported that retired homeowners' property wealth increased by more...

Hodge Early Repayment Promise now applies to all residential products

Hodge has extended its Early Repayment Promise (ERP) feature across all of its residential...

Repayments and drawdown valued by equity release customers

Equity release customers increasingly value the ability to make interest payments and capital repayments...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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