Later Life

28% of HNW Baby Boomers have not saved for later-life care costs

28% of the Baby Boomer generation have not ring-fenced money to fund any care...

Advise Wise adds primary surveyor information to search

Advise Wise has announced the introduction of primary surveyor information to its product search...

Hodge cuts 50+, RIO and Hodge Resi rates

Hodge is making further rate reductions across its 50+, RIO and Hodge Resi mortgage...

Phoebus Software joins Equity Release Council

Phoebus Software has become the latest Associate Member of the Equity Release Council. As part...

Advise Wise unveils affordability tags

Advise Wise has introduced affordability tags to its platform. This new feature is designed...

Loughborough BS increases income assessment for retirement lending

Loughborough Building Society has improved its lending in retirement proposition by moving to assess...

Over-55s struggling to pay off mortgage before retirement

New research from Key Later Life Finance has found that over-55 homeowners are making...

Phoebus partners with OMS Originations

Phoebus, the software provider for mortgage and savings account servicing, has partnered with One...

The Right DA Club becomes Air Ambassador

The Right DA Club has announced its new Ambassadorship of Air, the platform for...

UK homeowner equity reaches £5.7 trillion

The total value of the nation’s property equity has risen to a record £5.7...

Enness Global joins Equity Release Council

Enness Global, the international mortgage broker for high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, business owners and...

Key Advice appoints director of advice and adviser services

Key Advice has announced the appointment of Rachel East as its new director of...

Family BS announces owner-occupier and BTL rate cuts

Family Building Society has launched an updated range of reduced-price owner-occupier repayment and interest-only...

Equity Release Council launches retrofit lifetime mortgage guide

The Equity Release Council has published new guidance for member firms to consider when...

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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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CHL Mortgages to host post-Budget analysis webinar for brokers

Brokers seeking clarity on the government’s Autumn Budget will have the chance to hear...

InterBay cuts commercial rates by up to 0.50%

InterBay, the specialist commercial lender within OSB Group, has announced rate reductions of up...

Paragon welcomes new buy-to-let underwriter

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let underwriting function with the appointment of a mobile...

House prices edge higher as market shows signs of resilience

UK house prices rose slightly in October, according to Nationwide’s latest house price index,...

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