Later Life

15% rise in Q2 equity release lending

Latest quarterly market data shows that new equity release customer numbers increased by 12%...

Phoebus servicing over £20bn in equity release

Phoebus has revealed that it now services more than £20 billion of equity release...

Hanley Economic BS cuts RIO rates

Hanley Economic Building Society has reduced rates by up to 1.24% on a pair...

Average equity release customer getting younger

Pure Retirement has analysed demographic trends over the first half of 2024 to form...

Hodge improves 50+ and RIO criteria

Hodge has made changes to the criteria on its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

LiveMore unveils limited edition rates

LiveMore has cut rates on retirement interest-only (RIO) and standard mortgages until the end...

Almost 3m ex-retirees back to work

2.8 million of UK over-50s (11% = 2,733,560) have returned to work after being...

Equity Release Group partners with Royal London Equity Release

Equity Release Group (ERG) has announced a new partnership with Responsible Lending, the exclusive...

Standard Life Home Finance offers free EPCs and cashback

Standard Life Home Finance has announced a new EPC scheme to encourage consumers to...

Phoenix Group reveals Women’s Innovation Forum winner

A platform providing guidance and support on using housing wealth to enhance retirement income,...

Hodge cuts 50+ and RIO rates

Hodge has reduced rates across a selection of its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

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...

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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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