Later Life

Knowledge Bank sees continuing mortgage market volatility

Knowledge Bank's latest monthly analysis of brokers’ criteria searches has revealed a number of surprising...

Three new business development hires for Hodge

Hodge has appointed a national account manager for the south of England, and two...

More 2 Life hits £3bn in loans under management

More 2 Life now has £3 billion worth of loans under management, after a...

Record low rates for equity release and RIO products

Defaqto analysis has found that equity release products are now being offered at record...

Bubble & Squeak

One of the most popular items in our house over Christmas is ‘Bob’s Bubble...

Dean Mirfin quits day-to-day Key Group role

Following nearly 22 years at Key Group, Dean Mirfin, chief product officer at Key...

October rise in first-time buyer completions

UK Finance has reported that there were 32,260 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Equity Release Summit to be held in March

Registration is open for next year’s inaugural Equity Release Summit, which is being organised...

Key Group appoints group B2B distribution director

Key Group has promoted Russell Warwick, formerly strategy director) to group B2B distribution director. Warwick...

Canada Life improves Capital Select offering

Canada Life has made rate and LTV changes across all of its Capital Select...

Air Group reveals 2020 later life conference details

Air Group has revealed that its third annual National Later Life Adviser Conference will take...

November “a month of massive change in mortgage criteria searching”

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most popular criteria searches that brokers conducted in November. In...

TMA expands equity release panel with Just appointment

TMA Club has added retirement lending solutions provider Just to its equity release panel. Just is the fifth...

Pure Retirement produces new later life video content

Pure Retirement has released new adviser-facing video content, explaining what it says are delicate...

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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