Later Life

Women feel less prepared for retirement

56% of women feel unprepared for retirement, with almost the same proportion of women...

TMA adds More 2 Life to later life lending panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of equity release lender, More 2 Life, to...

Average equity release rates fall below 5% for first time

£1.85bn in housing wealth was unlocked in the first half of 2019 by homeowners...

L&G inks introducer deal with Prudential

Legal & General’s Retail Retirement division has signed a new introducer agreement with Prudential. ...

Responsive Lending unveils lifetime mortgage at 2.82%

Lifetime mortgage provider Responsible Lending has released what it is hailing as the UK’s...

Buy-to-lets being sold by the retired to fund FTBs

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are increasingly considering cashing in...

Impact Specialist Finance to hold autumn breakfast broker seminars

Specialist mortgage broker and distributor Impact Specialist Finance has published details of its series...

Royal London sounds warning over RIO mortgages

Retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage borrowers could face a significant cost hike by delaying the...

Student lending boosted by Bank of Gran and Grandad

35% of grandparents – around 4.9 million people - have already helped or are...

2019 FSE London seminar programme revealed

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, has published the full seminar...

Hodge unveils RIO mortgage with fixed rate for life

Hodge has launched the Hodge Fixed-for-Life RIO, what it claims to be the UK’s...

Something extra

Firstly, some facts for you. A healthy active life that exercises body and mind...

The Beverley BS joins L&G club panel

The Beverley Building Society has become part of Legal & General Mortgage Club's lender panel. The mutual...

Canada Life to host extra lead generation workshops

Canada Life Home Finance is running an additional series of its lead generation workshops. Taking place...

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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