Later Life

90,000 equity release customers cut future interest costs by £116m

The Equity Release Council’s Spring 2023 Market Report has revealed that the number of...

Why being self-employed isn’t a barrier to mortgages at 50 or 90

It is generally thought that if a person is self-employed, their mortgage options are...

Mini-Budget caused mortgage overpayment spike

UK households made an unprecedented £23.3bn of mortgage overpayments in 2022, equivalent to £64m...

Charity boss to chair equity release standards committee

The Equity Release Council has appointed a new independent chair to its standards committee,...

Advise Wise extends CRM for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has improved its sourcing platform into a fully fledged CRM system to...

Air launches National Later Life Adviser Conference

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has launched the registration process for...

Early retirement driving economic inactivity among over-50s in Scotland

Phoenix Insights, Phoenix Group’s longevity think tank, has published research exploring economic inactivity among...

Equity Release Supermarket makes new hires

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has announced the appointment of three new advisers and a...

LiveMore appoints director of marketing

LiveMore has appointed a new director of marketing as part of its plans to...

Ignore the out-of-date picture of later life lending

When it comes to advising in the later life lending space, one thing you...

Paradigm adds Pure Retirement to panel

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has added lifetime mortgage specialist, Pure...

Equity release advisers expect house price falls

62% of equity release advisers predict that house prices will continue to fall in...

Pure Retirement launches ‘Countdown To Consumer Duty’ resources

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has launched its dedicated series of ‘Countdown To Consumer...

Versatility required to support older borrowers’ home improvement dreams

There has been some discussion of late about getting older people moving to help...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Building Societies

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
Buy-to-let

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
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Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...
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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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