Retirement borrowing

Trust and transparency top list for older homeowners seeking advice

Older homeowners place a premium on trust, transparency and tailored advice when dealing with...

LiveMore unveils hybrid Part & Part mortgage

LiveMore has expanded its range of later life lending products with the launch of...

Unlocking housing wealth in retirement ‘could add £21bn to UK economy by 2040’

More than half of UK households are expected to rely on property wealth to...

Redefining ‘later life lending’ for a fairer financial future

The phrase ‘later life lending’ is becoming increasingly common in financial services but what...

LiveMore makes rate reductions and criteria enhancements across full later life lending ranges

LiveMore has made pricing and criteria changes across its Standard, Retirement Interest Only (RIO)...

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...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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