Later Life

LGHF launches Premier Lifetime Mortgage to property millionaires

The number of wards in England & Wales with an average house price of...

Aviva joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the appointment of Aviva to its lender...

Paradigm partners with HUB Financial Solutions

Paradigm Mortgage Services has entered into a referral partnership with HUB Financial Solutions to...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network introduces vulnerability hub

The Right Mortgage Network has launched a brand-new Vulnerability Hub aimed at prioritising vulnerability...

Retirees take advantage of the Stamp Duty holiday

Over-55s keen to take advantage of the Stamp Duty Holiday drove There has been...

Increased number of over-60s thinking about care costs

37% of adults in the UK over the age of 60 say they would...

Advisers confident about responding to flexibility demands

93% of financial advisers says they are confident they can deliver the flexibility into...

Hodge appoints new chief finance officer

Hodge has announced the appointment of Jan Preece as its chief financial officer. Preece (pictured)...

Here’s to the next 20 years of equity release

More than £32.6 billion of property wealth was released via 557,000 plans over the...

Pure Retirement introduces new mobile app

Pure Retirement has refreshed its mobile app for equity release advisers, designed to improve...

Retirement can be taxing

Many headlines concentrate on the gross return various investments yield. Yet when income is...

Air Group takes H1 temperature check

Air Group has published its third half-year equity release provider ‘Temperature Check’ report, examining a...

New high for UK available housing equity

Nearly £730 billion of equity was available for release in homes in the Uk...

Canada Life offers new repayment options

Canada Life has introduced a new product range, Lifestyle Select Options. These new options will...

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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