Later Life

Royal London moves into equity release space

Royal London has teamed up with later life mortgage adviser, Responsible Life, to enter...

The Right Mortgage expands team

The Right Mortgage has expand its team with several recent appointments to support the...

Jon Tweed joins Air Group as a consultant

Air Group has recruited industry veteran, Jon Tweed, as a consultant to develop its...

Young people could be nudged to a better retirement

A new Scottish Widows study has stated that almost two million younger people could have...

Key Partnerships introduces new retirement funding tool

Equity release referral service, Key Partnerships, has launch its new Retirement Funding Tool, which it...

Retirement market changing due to fragmentation

Canada Life has highlighted two 'retirement journeys' that are increasing dramatically among consumers and...

LiveMore moves into house purchase market

LiveMore Capital has extended Retirement Interest Only (RIO) product range to include purchase mortgage...

Historic lows for equity release rates

The Equity Release Council has reported that average rates for equity release products reached...

Key creates head of sales and operations role

Equity release advisory firm Key has boosted its estate planning team with the recruitment...

LiveMore Capital joins Brilliant panel

Brilliant Solutions has added LiveMore Capital to its lender panel. LiveMore Capital specialises in interest-only...

Mortgage Advice Bureau launches later life operation

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has unveiled Mortgage Advice Bureau Later Life (MAB Later Life),...

LV= launches direct channel with Age Partnership

LV= has announced a new agreement to advise customers contacting them directly about taking...

Answering the questions to a successful retirement

Many lifestyle counsellors will try to encourage their followers to stop believing that life...

Over 8m over-50s doubt they have enough for retirement

Research from over 50s finance provider SunLife suggests that more than seven million over-50s...

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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