Later Life

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...

Legal & General Home Finance appoints distribution director

Legal & General has appointed Dave Stratton as distribution director within its home finance...

LLA Ambassador pair fund fee suspension

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) is suspending its monthly membership fees for firms during...

New board directors at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has announced the appointment of new directors, following the latest...

Later life lending sector ended 2019 on a high

The Spring 2020 Market Report from the Equity Release Council has revealed that equity...

Air Group unveils new version of platform

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has launched a new version of its Air Sourcing...

Hodge to host later life lending webinars

Hodge is introducing a series of webinars aimed at brokers and IFAs who are...

MCI Club offers lifetime mortgages with OneFamily partnership

MCI Mortgage Club has appointed OneFamily to its lender panel, extending its range of...

More 2 Life appoints new national sales manager and BDM

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Fran Green as national sales manager...

More 2 Life creates head of servicing role

Equity release lender More 2 Life has created a new head of servicing role...

Pure Retirement introduces desktop valuations for lifetime mortgages

Pure Retirement is offering desktop valuation solutions for the majority of its lifetime mortgage...

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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