Later Life

more2life updates Capital Choice product offering

Equity release lender, more2life, has made improvements to its Capital Choice product suite for...

Pure Retirement offers flexible pricing solution

Pure Retirement has launched a new flexible pricing methodology on its Classic lifetime mortgage...

SimplyBiz Mortgages and Key Group launch ‘Simply Later Life’

SimplyBiz Mortgages has introduced a new proposition, created in partnership with Key Group, to...

Over-55s’ interest-only a no-go area for large minority of brokers

A recent webinar LiveMore Capital held in conjunction with Knowledge Bank looked at what types...

Over-55s face tougher mortgage quest than the self-employed

Last month, while there was at least one lender able to meet the loan...

ERA launches pre-booked appointments for equity release advisers

Equity Release Associates (ERA) has unveils its new ‘Springboard Package’, providing pre-booked customer appointments...

Pure Retirement provides later life insights to brokers

Pure Retirement has launched various key market insight resources to helping advisers serve their...

Age Partnership hires 30 new advisers

Equity release broker, Age Partnership, is recruiting 30 new advisers to support the predicted...

How long will you live?

You have to be very careful how data is presented. I recently saw a social...

The Ipswich to incorporate later life into standard mortgage range

The Ipswich Building Society has decided to no longer be operating ‘later life’ mortgages aimed...

Canada Life cuts lifetime mortgage rates

Canada Life has made rate reductions of 0.20% AER to its range of Capital...

FCA to expand Pension Wise requirements for providers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new rules to require pension providers to,...

Iress and more2life unveil “real-time” equity release KFIs

Iress and more2life have built upon their existing their integration to allow advisers to...

My Care Consultant provides customer-facing adviser guide with Pure Retirement

Pure Retirement has supported My Care Consultant’s Care Box platform through its sponsorship of...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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