Later Life

Simplify gifting to help FTBs, Chancellor urged

Key Later Life Finance believes that simplifying the tax rules on gifting in March’s...

Middle classes increasingly using equity release

Equity release is increasingly being explored by the middle classes when looking at the...

Hodge improves 50+, RIO and holiday let criteria

Hodge has made major changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday...

Aviva Equity Release becomes Air Select Ambassador

Air has announced that Aviva will be joining its group of Air Select Ambassadors...

Clearing existing mortgage still top reason for releasing equity

Clearing an existing mortgage remains the top motivation for releasing equity (41%) for the...

Comentis introduces equity release mental capacity assessment

Comentis, the duty of care assessment company, has launched a new mental capacity assessment...

Legal & General Home Finance adopts Optimo

Finova's decisioning engine, Optimo, has been adopted by Legal & General Home Finance to...

Countrywide Surveying Services joins Equity Release Council

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has become an...

Key: reasons to be cheerful for equity release market

Increased product innovation in the equity release market, combined with expected base rate cuts...

More2life launches ‘Flexi Payment Term’ lifetime mortgage

More2life has announced the launch of a new product, the Flexi Payment Term Lifetime...

LiveMore introduces new 100% debt consolidation feature

LiveMore, which lends to people aged 50 to 90+, has widened its existing criteria...

Air extends Canada Life partnership

Air, the later life lending platform, has extended its partnership with Canada Life for...

More2life introduces automatic redemptions service

More2life has announced the launch of a new automatic redemptions service, which will be...

Key promotes Bibby to new role

Key Advice has revealed the promotion of Chris Bibby to a newly created role...

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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