Later Life

Brightstar to hold new webinar series

Brightstar Financial has unveiled its largest ever webinar programme, with nine specialist lending events...

Over 55s have an average of £282,623 of equity in their homes

SunLife has revealed that over 55s believe they need £114,436 for a "comfortable" retirement. The...

Q&A: Rob Jupp, chief executive officer at Brightstar Financial

BestAdvice (BA): What can you tell us about Brightstar’s new Later Life Lending service? Rob...

Brightstar unveils later life lending offering

Brightstar Financial has partnered with Sentry Lifetime to offer a later life lending service...

Housing wealth is now part of mainstream retirement planning

Just look at the latest equity release lending figures from the Equity Release Council....

Legal & General Home Finance partners with Virgin Money

Legal & General Home Finance has agreed a new five-year partnership agreement with Virgin...

Marsden BS adds new expat, older borrower and residential deals

The Marsden Building Society has added new products across its expat, older borrower and...

OneFamily makes two hires for intermediary sales team

OneFamily has appointed Chris Brown as a strategic account manager and Laurie Diiorio as...

The Leeds launches Retirement Interest Only mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has become the latest provider to launch Retirement Interest Only...

The Scottish BS unveils retirement interest-only mortgage

The Scottish Building Society has added a Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgage to its range...

More 2 Life appoints product manager

More 2 Life has appointed Jac Jones to the newly created role of product manager. Jones...

How can technology be used to meet rising demand for equity release?

The equity release market has experienced huge levels of growth in the last few...

Widows reluctant to downsize

47% of law firms regularly advised widows who are facing financial hardship to consider...

More 2 Life becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

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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