Retirement borrowing

Accord improves retired interest-only criteria

Accord Mortgages is updating its criteria tomorrow to better support residential interest-only borrowers who...

Legal & General unveils later life mortgages portal

Legal & General Home Finance has launched a new later life mortgages portal following...

Public concerned over late life care costs

67% of over-50s are currently determined to stay living in their own home if...

BestAdvice holds later life lending roundtable

BestAdvice recently held a virtual roundtable, following the publication of its Later Life Lending...

New lender on Air Mortgage Club panel

Air Mortgage Club has announced the addition of the Chorley Building Society to its retirement...

Air Group reveals awards shortlist

Air Group has announced the finalist shortlist for three of the categories at its inaugural...

New mortgage club for later life lending launches

Later life lending specialist Advise Wise has launched a mortgage club. With the move, Advise...

TSF Consultants becomes ambassador for LLA

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced TSF Consultants as its latest Ambassador firm. TSF...

Q&A: Simon Thompson, CEO of Key Group

BestAdvice (BA): Why is Key Group focussing on the later life lending market? You’ve...

Impact Specialist Finance unveils specialist referral service

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a referral service for its broker partners. The service can...

TMA adds More 2 Life to later life lending panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of equity release lender, More 2 Life, to...

2019 FSE London seminar programme revealed

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, has published the full seminar...

HLPartnership’s later life lending seminars now open to all advisers

HLPartnership has announced new dates and venues in September for its later life lending seminars. They...

Over-55s’ generosity causing uncertain retirement

New research has shown the thousands of over-55s are gifting money as part of...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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