Later Life

Growing acceptance of borrowing into older age

61% of homeowners in the UK - equivalent to 18.7 million people – are...

LiveMore cuts five-year mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across a series of products by up to 0.58%. The cuts...

Legal & General to back Later Life Lending Collaboration adviser events

There are to be a series of free Later Life Lending Collaboration adviser events...

Marsden BS boosts later life affordability

Marsden Building Society has improved its affordability model for mortgage customers aged 55 to...

Standard Life Home Finance improves Horizon LTVs

Standard Life Home Finance has added a new plan, Horizon 650, to its Horizon...

Buckinghamshire BS partners with Advise Wise

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced a partnership with later life lending sourcing platform and...

Mortgage Intelligence partners with Air

Air, the later-life lending platform, has announced a new partnership with network Mortgage Intelligence. ...

Advise Wise updates research PDF for compliance and audit

Advise Wise has announced the release of its improved research PDF document. The sourcing...

Livemore’s Matching Engine provides borrowing boost

Intermediaries using LiveMore’s Matching Engine secure a 41% increase in the loan amounts they...

Pure Retirement revamps Emerald range

Pure Retirement has refreshed its Emerald range of lifetime mortgages, designed to offer consumers...

Hanley Economic BS adds fee-free residential and RIO offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced a fee-free two-year tracker and fee-free two-year fixed...

Over half of adults anticipate lower retirement standards

54% of UK adults believe that their generation's standard of living when retired will...

High-value properties being used for equity release

Pure Retirement has highlighted the popularity of modern equity release products among owners of...

Later life lending catering for increasingly diverse range of needs and audiences

Analysis of data from the first quarter of 2024 by lifetime mortgage lender Pure...

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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