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Key Group appoints corporate business development manager

Key Group has appointed Jonathan Valentine as corporate business development manager to develop new...

Santander extends later life partnership with L&G

Legal & General Home Finance has announced the extension of its five-year partnership with...

Legal & General unveils later life mortgages portal

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

The Leeds improves fixed RIO rates

The Leeds Building Society has cuts rates on two of its Retirement Interest Only...

Legal & General Home Finance joins Sesame’s later life panel

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has become the latest provider to join Sesame...

LiveMore launches ‘ongoing care fee’ 

Over 55s' lender LiveMore Capital has introduced new Ongoing Care Fee to help identify...

Hodge sees 80% rise in RIO applications for gifting purposes

Hodge has reported a 50% increase in the number of people who are looking...

Paradigm partners with Saffron for Intermediaries

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Saffron for Intermediaries to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Two-thirds without long-term plans for financial care

New research from Hodge has revealed that Just 33% of people have made financial...

LiveMore Capital to remove arrangement fees

LiveMore Capital is removing the arrangement fees on all new mortgage applications across its...

Over-55s’ interest-only a no-go area for large minority of brokers

A recent webinar LiveMore Capital held in conjunction with Knowledge Bank looked at what types...

The Ipswich to incorporate later life into standard mortgage range

The Ipswich Building Society has decided to no longer be operating ‘later life’ mortgages aimed...

LiveMore Capital partners with L&C Mortgages

LiveMore Capital has expanded its distribution with its launch with L&C Mortgages. LiveMore Capital provides Retirement...

Legal & General Mortgage Club offers RIO exclusive

Legal & General Home Finance is to offer an exclusive Retirement Interest Only (RIO)...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

First-time buyer affordability remains strained despite narrowing house price gap

Only 12.1% of potential first-time buyers can afford the average starter home in their...

Royal London targets GP report delays with digital service

Royal London is expanding its use of digital medical evidence in an effort to...

Equifinance names Jackie Burchill as lending operations director

Equifinance has appointed Jackie Burchill as director of lending operations as the second charge...

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...

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