Later Life

More 2 Life unveils interactive LTV calculator

More 2 Life has launched a new enhanced Loan To Value (LTV) calculator for...

The Leeds launches 10-year RIO mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has introduced new 10-year Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgages and...

Canada Life offers workshops for equity release-qualified advisers

Canada Life Home Finance is to hold a number of events for equity release-qualified...

Pure Retirement introduces equity release Android app

Pure Retirement has launched its new adviser-facing mobile app. The firm believes it to be...

Record quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has reported a record fourth quarter of 2018, with 82,791...

Openwork partners with Canada Life for lifetime mortgage launch

Openwork is launching its own lifetime mortgage proposition in an exclusive partnership with Canada...

L&G Home Finance launches Income Lifetime Mortgage with TV ad

Legal & General Home Finance has introduced its new Income Lifetime Mortgage to customers...

Squaring the long-term conundrum

In a market which has tended to work on short-term delivery, with a focus...

Equity release market approaching £4 billion

2018 saw retired homeowners release £3.6 billion in new property wealth, with the market...

Record year for equity release predicted by IFAs

A large majority of IFAs expect record lending in the equity release sector in...

L&G Home Finance to host CII accredited equity release workshops

Legal & General Home Finance is to offer its first new CII-accredited workshops for...

Canada Life offers 2019 round of equity release exam workshops

Canada Life Home Finance has announced a new range of workshops to help mortgage...

Free registration now open for MBE Leeds

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries...

The Mansfield extends max LTV and repayment criteria up to age 85

The Mansfield Building Society has extended its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 70%...

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

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

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

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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