Later Life

LV= issues six-month equity release rate guarantee

LV= has introduced a six-month interest rate guarantee on its equity release applications. For any...

Key appoints group technology director

Key Group has promoted Jack Neary to the position of group technology director. Neary (pictured)...

Air Group partners with Knowledge Bank

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has announced a new partnership with Knowledge Bank,...

Hodge launches new online intermediary services

Hodge has launched a new website and broker portal, designed to streamline the broker...

Pure Retirement revamps adviser portal

Pure Retirement has launched a new online portal which it says allows advisers to...

Que sera sera

I have been looking at the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) scenario forecast on...

More 2 Life introduces six-month rate, feature and LTV guarantee

More 2 Life is to guarantee rates and terms for a period of six...

Strong first quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that £1.06bn of property wealth was accessed via equity...

Hodge cuts SVR by 0.5 percentage points

Hodge is to reduce its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) by 0.5 percentage points tomorrow...

Covid-19: LV= moves to help equity release advisers write business

LV= has introduced measures designed to make it easier for advisers to write equity...

Hodge webinar to cover RIO and 50+ mortgage solutions

Hodge is to hold the second in its series of free webinars on Thursday...

Hodge reintroduces later-life purchases

Hodge is lifting temporary restrictions to its mortgage products. The lender can now accept...

OneFamily outlines remote applications policy

OneFamily has made some changes to its processes to ensure that its lifetime mortgage...

‘Best Buy’ lifetime mortgage rate unveiled by Responsible Lending

Responsible Lending has introduced a  lifetime mortgage at 2.78% AER. The new rate was released...

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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