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More2life launches ERC-free lifetime mortgage

More2life has launched the first ever lifetime mortgage where no early repayment charges (ERCs)...

Royal London partners with Advise Wise

Royal London Equity Release's Principal product in now available to all advisers through the...

The Right Mortgage launches later life accreditation scheme

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and its subsidiary, the Later Life Lending Network,...

LiveMore cuts rates by up to 85 basis points

LiveMore has reduced rates by up to 85 base points (bps). These limited edition rates...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Perenna to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of market disrupter Perenna Bank to its lender...

Call for government to simplify property taxes to help FTBs

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance is arguing that overhauling the tax rules...

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...

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The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now....

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

OneDome named among Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firms

OneDome has been named one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Europe, the Middle...

Foundation raises maximum residential lending age to 80

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum residential lending age from 75 to 80...

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