Later Life

Pure Retirement appoints new NED to board

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of its new non-executive director (NED), Phillip McLelland. McLelland...

More2life adds rewards discount to Apex product

More2life has launched its Apex Interest Reward product, a lifetime mortgage which benefits those...

Access Financial Services hires later life chief

Access Financial Services has appointed Adrian Brewer to the new position of head of...

Sizeable rise in new lifetime mortgage customers’ average property value

There have been annual and quarterly increases in the average property value among new...

Any Budget pension changes could shift balance to equity release

There is a growing need to shift retirement planning to include wider considerations of...

Older borrowers won’t all be served by a mainstream-only approach

When it comes to the mortgage borrowing public in the UK, the numbers tend...

Generational disparities in retirement planning

Younger workers are much more thoughtful about money issues than people might expect, and...

Pure Retirement reveals profile of average new equity release customer

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has analysed its own data for the third quarter...

Hodge rebrands 50+ mortgages and scraps minimum age

Hodge is rebranding its 50+ mortgage products to Resi Retire. It is also removing the...

Marsden BS increases retirement mortgage LTVs

Marsden Building Society has announced a rise in the loan to value (LTV) across...

UK adults expect to live to 85

Canada Life has released its inaugural Life100+ report, the first in a series of...

Standard Life Home Finance introduces weekly later life lending broker clinics

Standard Life Home Finance has announced the launch of a new series of online...

More2life lowers Maxi lifetime mortgage ERCs

More2life has reduced the early repayment charges (ERCs) on its Maxi range of lifetime...

LiveMore cuts lifetime rates

LiveMore has reduced rates on its lifetime mortgages. LiveMore’s Lifetime Mortgage – Lite pricing...

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Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream

It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company buy-to-let felt like a specialist niche, the preserve of portfolio...

TOM BILL: Lower borrowing costs offer Treasury respite

The length of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s observation window – the period when it takes a snapshot of the economy to inform its...

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Vida expands BTL range with flexible Let to Move option

Vida Homeloans has broadened its specialist buy-to-let proposition with the launch of Let to...

Perenna expands long-term fixed rate range

Perenna has broadened its range of long-term fixed rate mortgages, introducing new seven, 10...

High rents leave young adults stuck sharing homes they have outgrown

Rising rents are trapping young adults in house shares they would rather have left...

UTB backs FMB initiative to turn small builders into future developers

United Trust Bank has joined forces with the Federation of Master Builders to support...

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