Later Life

Lack of awareness over pension tax implications

Latest research by Legal & General has found that more than one in four...

Housing wealth to finance retirement

Who should use housing wealth in retirement? That, unfortunately, is not the right question...

FSE Midlands: don’t hang yourself with RIO rope

Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) products have been described as a ‘real opportunity’ for advisers seeking...

FSE Midlands: government urged to deliver ‘care freedoms’

Stuart Wilson of the Later Life Academy (LLA) told an industry audience yesterday that...

Complete FS to hold National Specialist Lending Forum

Hampshire based packager and distributor Complete FS is hosting a specialist lending forum covering...

More 2 Life wants Budget support for retirement lending market

Ahead of this afternoon's Budget, equity release lender More 2 Life has issued its ‘Wish List’,...

The Ipswich expands later life mortgage offering

The Ipswich Building Society has bolstered its later life mortgage range with the launch...

Complete FS offers the Tipton & Coseley’s RIO product

Complete FS has added the Tipton & Coseley Building Society’s RIO product to its...

Brightstar launches interest-only & later life lending guide

Brightstar Financial has published a guide to interest-only mortgages and later life lending to...

Right Mortgage Network completes equity release workshops

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held the third in its series of specialist...

More 2 Life breaks £2bn loan mark

More 2 Life has now more than £2 billion worth of loans under management, doubling...

Over £1bn in equity released in a single quarter for first time

The latest quarterly lending figures from the Equity Release Council have revealed that homeowners...

Advice “vital” in transforming equity release market

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships, has said that with the number of equity...

New Pure Retirement range aims to open up later life lending

Pure Retirement has launched a new product suite called the Sovereign range. Sovereign aims to...

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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