Later Life

Responsible Lending offers 2.51% lifetime mortgage rate

Lifetime mortgage provider Responsible Lending has unveils a lifetime mortgage interest rate of 2.51%...

Hodge announces boardroom changes

Hodge has today announced a number of changes to its board, including the appointment...

Big Equity Release Quiz winners revealed

Pure Retirement has announced the winners of last week’s inaugural Big Equity Release Quiz,...

Hodge to hold broker Q&A on Covid-19

Hodge is hosting a live 15-minute lending update for brokers on Wednesday (13 May). The...

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...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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