Later Life

Pure Retirement unveils YouTube channel

Pure Retirement has launched a customer-facing YouTube channel. It is designed to provide explainer video...

More 2 Life joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added later life lender More 2 Life to its panel. Member firms of the...

Responsible Equity Release joins SmartrRefer panel

Responsible Equity Release has been added to SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved...

L&G introduces downsizing protection feature to lifetime mortgage offering

Legal & General Home Finance has unveiled a Downsizing Protection feature across its lifetime...

Credit card borrowing by over-55s rises significantly

The proportion of over-55s who have been in debt in the last five years...

Pension-led Funding joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of Pension-led Funding,...

Key Partnerships agrees referral deal with domiciliary care provider

Key Partnerships has announced an exclusive collaboration with Bluebird Care, a national domiciliary care...

L&G secures FCA approval for lifetime mortgage advice business

Legal & General has secured approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch...

FCA unveils general insurance pricing remedies

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the interim report of its market study into the...

Rebrand for Key Retirement Group

Key Retirement Group has rebranded as Key Group. The group aims to be the UK’s...

The Hinckley & Rugby revises later life lending offering

The Hinckley & Rugby has made changes its later life lending offer with a...

Advisers expect equity release to be mainstream within a decade

61% of advisers think it is “likely or more likely” equity release will become...

Teddy Nyahasha to become OneFamily CEO

OneFamily chief executive Simon Markey will be stepping down after seven years. He will be...

The Mansfield expands distribution with Paradigm deal

The Mansfield Building Society has been added to Paradigm Mortgage Services' lender panel. Paradigm members now...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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