Later Life

Scottish Widows removes early exit pension fees

Scottish Widows has removed early exit fees across its personal pension policies, enabling customers...

Paradigm awards lenders and providers

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the third-yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider...

The Family BS partners with equity release firms

The Family Building Society has launched its full range of later life mortgage lending products...

L&G appoints retail retirement boss

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Chris Knight as managing director, Legal...

Connect for Intermediaries expands packager panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added the Family Building Society to its packaging lender panel. The...

SimplyBiz Mortgages offers older borrower exclusives

SimplyBiz Mortgages has introduced a range of older borrower exclusives with the Marsden Building...

More 2 Life unveils new Capital Choice feature

More 2 Life is adding fixed early repayment charges (ERCs) to its Capital Choice Plan...

Rising interest in equity release switching

Cuts in equity release rates are behind a rise in inquiries about switching plans...

Age Partnership buys web firm

Age Partnership has acquired website development and optimisation business The Marketing Lab. The acquisition sees...

Key Retirement appoints group CFO

Key Retirement Group has appointed Rob Scott as its new chief financial officer (CFO). He...

Retirement group outlines 2017 expansion plans

Answers in Retirement Ltd has announced the buy-back of 25% of the business which returns...

Pensioners will increasingly rely on housing equity

Price of homes in England have risen at twice the rate of pensioner households’ disposable...

Cost of living behind retirement savings failures

The cost of living is the most common single factor preventing people who live...

Milestone reached by Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has welcomed its 500th member this month. The news follows another...

COMMENT

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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Latest news

Mortgage industry bodies launch new ED&I survey

AMI and IMLA have launched a new industry-wide survey aimed at measuring progress on...

Landbay turns to broker education as Renters’ Rights Act reforms approach

Landbay is set to host a broker-focused webinar examining the implications of the Renters’...

Fleet cuts five-year buy-to-let fixes and widens 75% LTV options

Fleet Mortgages has cut pricing on selected five-year fixed buy-to-let products and expanded its...

HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 25bps across residential and buy-to-let range

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across parts of its residential and buy-to-let range,...

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