Later Life

TMA expands later life lending proposition

TMA Club has added Access Equity Release and Knight Frank Finance as equity release referral...

Age Partnership Group appoints network managing director

Age Partnership has appointed Dan Baines as managing director of Equity Release Associates (ERA),...

Pure Retirement launches new servicing resources

Pure Retirement has introduced new customer-facing literature, designed to keep its account holders informed...

Only half of over-55s say their home isn’t suitable for future care

A new report has found that the majority of over 55s believe their current...

New home finance hire for Canada Life

Canada Life has appointed Jon Dunckley to the new role of proposition development manager...

The Later Life Lending Network expands team

The Right Mortgage's equity release proposition, The Later Life Lending Network, has added Adrian...

Canada Life improves equity release offering

Canada Life has made changes to all its Capital Select Options for home finance...

Uncertain journeys

In September 2019, I was on holiday when I received an urgent telephone call....

Over 50s to benefit from latest house price moves

Over 50s finance provider SunLife says the fact that house prices have risen for...

LV= to monitor mass affluent consumers

LV= has launched a new monitor to track consumers’ attitudes to their finances and...

Advise Wise begins ‘Ask Jane’ legal month

Advise Wise has launched its ‘Ask Jane legal month’ from today (1 October), with...

Pure Retirement adds new features to website

Pure Retirement has made further changes to its website, offering product information, a new...

Legal & General Mortgage Club adds LiveMore Capital to panel

Later life lending provider LiveMore Capital has joined the panel of Legal & General...

Advisers want more resource to deal with vulnerability

Equity release lender more2life has published a report examining into adviser and consumer attitudes...

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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