Later Life

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...

Hinckley & Rugby allows RIO discount for term with no ERCs

All intermediaries can now access a discount for term RIO mortgage from the Hinckley...

The Mansfield enters Scotland market

The Mansfield Building Society has expanded its lending north of the boarder, launching its...

The Hinckley & Rugby joins Air Mortgage Club panel

Air Mortgage Club has added Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries (H&R) to its retirement...

More 2 Life unveils new lump sum and drawdown products

More 2 Life has introduced two new products to its equity release offering. The lender’s...

HLPartnership’s later life lending seminars now open to all advisers

HLPartnership has announced new dates and venues in September for its later life lending seminars. They...

The Beverley cuts interest-only rates

The Beverley Building Society has reduced the rates on its interest-only mortgages by up to...

Canada Life equity release workshops to support qualified advisers

Canada Life Home Finance is to hold two additional workshops for equity release-qualified financial...

The Mansfield joins Air Mortgage Club panel

AIR MORTGAGE CLUB ADD MANSFIELD BUILDING SOCIETY TO RETIREMENT LENDING PANEL Air Mortgage Club...

COMMENT

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Latest news

TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

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