Retirement borrowing

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank align lending into retirement policies

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank have been working to align their policies for lending...

Loughborough BS adds ‘savings boost’ to later life lending offering

Loughborough Building Society has made a criteria change to its lending in retirement proposition...

LiveMore lowers minimum equity on over-50s’ mortgages

LiveMore has lowered the amount of equity required for its standard interest-only mortgages by...

Older borrowers won’t all be served by a mainstream-only approach

When it comes to the mortgage borrowing public in the UK, the numbers tend...

Hodge rebrands 50+ mortgages and scraps minimum age

Hodge is rebranding its 50+ mortgage products to Resi Retire. It is also removing the...

Loughborough BS increases income assessment for retirement lending

Loughborough Building Society has improved its lending in retirement proposition by moving to assess...

Major rise in 10-15yr mortgage searches from over-50s

Legal & General has revealed that broker search data from its Ignite platform shows...

Hodge improves 50+ and RIO criteria

Hodge has made changes to the criteria on its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

Hodge cuts 50+ and RIO rates

Hodge has reduced rates across a selection of its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with Marsden BS

Marden Building Society has launched an exclusive range of mortgages, available only to SimplyBiz...

Loughborough BS launches affordability calculators for brokers

Loughborough Building Society has introduced a series of intermediary-focused affordability calculators. The Society has teamed...

Cost of renting in retirement is £390k

Those people who think they will rent throughout their retirement could need an additional...

LiveMore ups max loan and allows more adverse

LiveMore has increased the maximum loan value across its core range of products from...

Legal & General Home Finance improves PTLM accessibility

Legal & General Home Finance has revised its Payment Term Lifetime Mortgage (PTLM) proposition...

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