Later Life

Air adds logging feature for CPD

Air, the later-life lending platform, has introduced a new CPD log feature for its...

SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with Marsden BS

Marden Building Society has launched an exclusive range of mortgages, available only to SimplyBiz...

OneFamily appoints new distribution director

The OneFamily Group has announced the appointment of Holly Ewing as its new distribution...

Savings from voluntary lifetime mortgage repayments revealed

The Equity Release Council has reported that customers using equity release will save almost...

Loughborough BS launches affordability calculators for brokers

Loughborough Building Society has introduced a series of intermediary-focused affordability calculators. The Society has teamed...

LiveMore cuts standard and RIO mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates on standard mortgages (capital and interest, and interest only), and...

Marsden BS introduces new lending into retirement offering

Marsden Building Society has expanded its mortgage proposition for those aged 55+ by unveiling...

Cost of renting in retirement is £390k

Those people who think they will rent throughout their retirement could need an additional...

Perenna joins Air and its Advocate Ambassador programme

Perenna has announced its partnership with Air, the later-life lending platform for advisers and...

CSS partners with Advise Wise

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has formed a partnership with Advise Wise, joining its Contacts...

Standard Life Home Finance’s Horizon Interest Reward now on all sourcing platforms

Standard Life Home Finance's Horizon Interest Reward product has launched on Iress’s The Exchange. ...

LiveMore removes maximum age and ups standard mortgage term

LiveMore has removed the maximum age and increased the term across its range of...

Air conference outlines need for later life industry evolution

Air held its fifth annual National Later Life Lending Conference last Thursday, where the...

Advise Wise adds Newbury BS’s RIO plans to platform

Advise Wise has announced the addition of Newbury Building Society's Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgages...

COMMENT

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...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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