Later Life

Air Group unveils coronavirus information hub

Air Group has launched a new hub for advisers providing Coronavirus updates and business...

Advise Wise adds coronavirus news feed

Advise Wise has introduced a coronavirus news feed page on its website to collect...

Advise Wise adds ‘quick quote’ to platform

Advise Wise has introduced a quick quote feature on the platform, where advisers can...

Air Group issues Coronavirus statement

Air Group, the collective of companies covering a range of retirement and later life...

AIR Group postpones national adviser conference

AIR Group has announced that its third annual National Later Life Adviser Conference will...

The Hanley Economic joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

The Hanley Economic Building Society has extended its presence within the intermediary mortgage market...

Pure Retirement’s loan servicing portfolio surpasses £2bn

Pure Retirement has reported continued growth of its loan portfolio, with the total value...

Hodge: get in touch if you’re in financial difficulty

Later life, holiday let and buy-to-let mortgage specialist Hodge is aiming to help customers who...

New retirement report highlights problems of changing housing market

The Pensions Policy Institute has warned that increased renting could see future pensioners struggle...

New hire for Equity Release Supermarket

Ellis Hansborough is to join Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) as an equity release adviser...

All change in top five equity release criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's February criteria index has shown a number of surprise results with some sectors...

Legal & General Home Finance joins IMLA

Legal & General Home Finance has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary...

Older homeowners ‘face £18k retirement income shortfall’

A new report from the Equity Release Council and Key – The pension /...

Pure Retirement unveils its lowest ever equity release rate

Pure Retirement had made changes to its Classic range, with the lowest MER on...

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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