Later Life

Stonehaven launches lifetime deals with fixed ERCs

Stonehaven has introduced a new product range which offers customers control over any early...

More 2 life to go out on the road

Equity release lender more 2 life is hosting a series of national ‘Breakfast Roadshows’...

Bower Retirement Services acquires equity release adviser firm

Bower Retirement Services has acquired and amalgamated Sixty Plus, an independent financial adviser firm...

Society of Mortgage Professionals extend events agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has extended its schedule of specialist mortgage and protection roadshows...

L&G outlines equity release targets

Legal & General has revealed that it intends to write £100m of equity release...

Majority approaching retirement not seeking financial advice

According to research by LV=, just one in four over 50s plan to seek...

Tim Gosden joins MGM Advantage

MGM Advantage has hired Tim Gosden as product manager. Tim Gosden will help manage and...

CML issues its own election manifesto

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a new animated version of its...

New Life acquisition will boost equity release market

Acceptance can come in many different shapes and forms, particularly when it comes to...

Wanted: 800 new equity release specialists

Equity release adviser firm Bower Retirement Services has calculated that the UK needs to...

Goldsmith Williams welcomes L&G equity release move

Goldsmith Williams has said it is not surprised by the news that Legal & General...

L&G to enter lifetime mortgage market via acquisition

Legal & General Group is to acquire 100% of New Life Home Finance for...

Hodge Lifetime cuts five-year fixed rate

Hodge Lifetime has reduced the interest rate on its retirement mortgage with a five...

Bridgewater announces workshop timetable

Bridgewater Equity Release will hold its first ‘around the table’ adviser workshop of 2015...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...
Building Societies

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...
Appointments

Together appoints corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire

Together has appointed Kristi Capaldi as corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire,...
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Ceta unveils rent guarantee products for landlords facing longer possession delays

Ceta has launched four wholesale rent guarantee products, arguing that longer possession timelines under...

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