Later Life

Equity Release Summit to focus on gifting and green finance

The Equity Release Council's Equity Release Summit, which will take place next month, will...

Mandatory face-to-face legal advice returns to equity release

All customers considering an equity release product will now be required to have at...

TMA Club partners with the Vernon BS

TMA Club has entered into a partnership with Vernon Building Society, whereby Directly Authorised (DA)...

Equity Release Council advisers offered lower PI premiums

Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE is offering eligible Equity Release Council adviser-members discounted professional...

LiveMore Capital partners with Specialist Mortgage Group

LiveMore Capital has partnered with brokerage Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG). The new partnership allows SMG’s...

BestAdvice appoints special projects editor

Simon Read has joined BestAdvice as its special projects editor. Read (pictured) will initially be...

2022 will be the toughest year for fixed-income retirees

If people were in any doubt about what the cost of living crisis looks...

Equity release product pricing up year-on-year

The Equity Release Council has reported that the average equity release customer drew the...

Mortgage Advice Bureau to acquire Fluent Money Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau is to acquire approximately 75% of Project Finland Topco (Fluent Money...

Penalty-free partial repayments become equity release prerequisite

All new equity release customers can now benefit from a product feature that has...

LiveMore expands sales and broker support

Later life lender, LiveMore, has made two new senior appointments, expanding its sales and...

Data shows lifetime mortgage customers resume aspirational spending

The easing of pandemic restrictions has prompted an increase in lifetime mortgage customers using...

More2life makes two key hires

Equity release lender more2life has announced the appointment of Graham Munday as in-house lead...

LiveMore moves into Scottish market

LiveMore, the specialist over-50s mortgage lender, is to offer its interest-only products in Scotland. The...

COMMENT

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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The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

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