Later Life

Busy end to 2020 for later life lending market

The Equity Release Council has released market figures for Q4 2020. Annual lending to new...

Coronavirus disrupting retirement plans

Over 154,000 people aged 55-64 have decided upon early retirement because of redundancy and...

PRIMIS launches equity release panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has unveiled an equity release panel which it says will be...

LLA secures LIBF accreditation

The learning programme of the Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has now been fully...

Equity release market ends year on a high

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that over £3.4 billion in property wealth was...

Mortgage Magic adds equity release module

CRM and mortgage management system, Mortgage Magic, is to add a free equity release...

Just Group added to Brilliant’s lifetime panel

Just Group is joining the Brilliant Solutions lifetime mortgage panel, with its whole lifetime mortgage...

Pure Retirement introduces Classic Range direct debit facility

Pure Retirement has launched an option for customers to self-manage their accounts as needed post-completion. The...

Equity Release Associates adds additional training dates

Equity Release Associates (ERA) has announced the addition of two more induction programmes in...

Nationwide introduces swathe of mortgage rate cuts

The Nationwide Building Society is cutting rates across various products in its mortgage range. Selected...

Pure Retirement joins Brilliant panel

Mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions, has announced the addition of lifetime...

Retirement advice provides large consumer confidence boost

LV='s latest Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor has found that many people are confused and disengaged when...

Phoebus and Pure Retirement extend partnership

Pure Retirement and Phoebus Software Limited have agreed a new contract. The equity release provider...

Key Partnerships hires sales ops manager

Equity release referral firm Key Partnerships has appointed Thomas Lowcock as sales operations manager,...

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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