Later Life

Nottingham BS cuts rates and launches new deals

Nottingham Building Society has unveiled a new range of mortgage products and improvements. These include...

SimplyBiz adviser survey reveals overall positive outlook

SimplyBiz has announced the results of its annual member survey, designed to measure adviser...

Air Academy adds new LIBF-accredited affordability module

Air Academy, the later-life lending learning platform, has introduced a new affordability module. The module...

Over 5,000 customers using Pure Retirement account platform

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has reported that over 5,000 customers register and interact...

LiveMore cuts over-50s’ mortgage rates

LiveMore has further reduced mortgage rates across its entire range of products by up...

Hodge cuts mortgage rates by up to 80bps

Hodge has reduced rates across its entire mortgage range and retention products are also...

LiveMore appoints new director of intermediary sales

LiveMore has appointed Les Pick to the position of director of intermediary sales. Pick...

Half of Gen X struggling to clear mortgage before retirement

27% of Gen X - those born between 1965 and 1980 - are not...

Two-thirds of people look at retirement planning without support

19% of Britons have spent sleepless nights worrying about retirement planning, according to new...

Hodge improves residential rate switch proc fees

Specialist lender, Hodge, has announced a rise in its procuration fees for its broker...

Pure Retirement joins Criterion’s Equity Release Governance Group

Pure Retirement has become the latest firm to become a member of Criterion’s Equity...

LiveMore launches £500 cashback range for over-50s

LiveMore has launched a fee-assisted £500 cashback mortgage range. Lending exclusively to borrowers over 50,...

Pure Retirement improves Heritage and Heritage Freedom ranges

Pure Retirement has announced further LTV reintroductions and criteria improvements across its Heritage range,...

AI is not the answer for later life lending

Earlier this year, the government held a conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) as Rishi...

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

Rates rise but mortgage market holds firm

The mortgage market is showing resilience despite a sharp rise in borrowing costs with...

Landlords shift to interest-only as rates climb above 5%

Buy-to-let landlords are rapidly changing borrowing strategies as mortgage rates climb with a growing...

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...

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