Later Life

Nokkel joins Equity Release Council

Nokkel, the house wealth and fintech platform, has joined the Equity Release Council. The Council...

Later Life Lending Network to hold roundtable workshop

The Later Life Lending Network, part of The Right Mortgage, has announced details of...

Legal & General Retail helps advisers with later life clients going through divorce

Legal & General Retail has introduced a handbook to help advisers support clients going...

Global equity release market forecast to hit $50bn by 2033

The European Pensions and Property Asset Release Group (EPPARG) and EY have published the...

Legal & General makes executive team changes within retail division

Legal & General Retail, the savings, protection and retirement arm of L&G, has announced...

Increased living costs resulting in rethinking of retirement plans

14% of retirees aged over 55 have gone back into work, as their living...

Legal & General Home Finance adds new pricing to PTLM products

Legal & General Home Finance is extending its individual pricing approach to its recently...

Marsden BS to offer 5x income on later life remortgages

Marsden Building Society has made changes to its later life mortgage criteria, including increasing...

The ‘modern woman’ in equity release profiled

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has analysed its data to establish what the modern,...

Mortgages stopping 2.8 million from saving more for later life

22% of UK homeowners with a mortgage – equivalent to 2.8 million people –...

LiveMore creates new propositions team

LiveMore is expanding its operations with a new propositions team. Samantha Ward, who has consulted...

Regional attitudes to using property wealth to help loved ones revealed

Research from Hodge has found that people in Scotland are more comfortable releasing equity...

Key’s new PTLTM offers higher LTVs to equity release customers

Key Later Life Finance has added a new Payment Term Lifetime Mortgage (PTLTM) into...

Royal London appoints group COO

Royal London has announced the appointment of Peter Josse as its new group chief...

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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