Later Life

Accord improves retired interest-only criteria

Accord Mortgages is updating its criteria tomorrow to better support residential interest-only borrowers who...

Later life lending market needs a re-brand

Air Mortgage Club has revealed the results of its first ‘Later Life Lending Census’...

Vast majority of HNWs underestimate ‘comfortable’ retirement requirements

High Net Worth individuals (HNWIs) in the UK are significantly underestimating how much money...

Fourth stable quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that over-55 homeowners accessed £1.15bn of property wealth...

Aviva to allow fixed or gilt-based equity release ERCs

All new Aviva equity release customers can now choose whether to have any Early...

Aviva Financial Advice moves into equity release arena

Aviva Financial Advice (AFA) has added equity release and Inheritance Tax Planning (IHT) to...

LiveMore Capital partners with specialist broker group

LiveMore Capital has launched with specialist broker group, Blueberry Specialist Lending. Alison Pallett (pictured), LiveMore’s director...

Stamp Duty holiday gives over-65s a boost to property wealth

Over-65s saw their property wealth rise by more than £800 a month over the...

Dudley BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Dudley Building Society to its lender panel. Dudley Building...

Advisers should see Free Wills Month as an opportunity

October is Free Wills Month, and Stephen Moses, from digital estate planning platform Zenplans,...

Equilaw appoints new MD

Equilaw has appointed Max Hayden as its new managing director. Claire Barker, the existing managing...

HLPartnership grows external compliance team

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Norman Jackson to the role of regional compliance...

Growth in later life landlord buy-to-let acquisitions

Paragon Bank has revealed that the number of buy-to-let acquisitions made by later life...

Advise Wise unveils product comparison feature

Advise Wise has launched a product comparison feature on its later life platform. The feature...

COMMENT

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Latest news

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

House prices stall as mortgage costs and Budget uncertainty weigh on market

UK house prices were unchanged in September as higher mortgage rates and wider economic...

Remortgage activity rebounds as higher rates weigh on home purchases

Remortgage applications returned to annual growth in the third quarter, helping to offset a...

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