RIO mortgages

LiveMore Capital launches with Air Mortgage Club

Air Mortgage Club has announced the addition of specialist mortgage lender, LiveMore Capital, to...

LiveMore Capital joins TMA later life panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgages provider LiveMore Capital to its lifetime...

MCI Club expands later life lending panel

MCI Mortgage Club has added LiveMore Captial to its panel, extending its range of...

Over three-quarters of retirees “frozen out of mortgage market”

Over 80% of retired homeowners can’t access a mortgage of any kind that meets...

Hodge cuts all 60% LTV RIO mortgage rates

Retirement lender Hodge has reduced its rates on a selection of its later life mortgages...

Hodge pleased with CPD-accredited webinar take-up

Hodge has revealed that over 100 intermediaries attended each of the six CPD-accredited webinars held...

BestAdvice holds later life lending roundtable

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

Hodge reverts to 70% LTV later life lending

Hodge is making some "positive" changes to its lending criteria and is resuming lending...

Later life report: advisers want changes to RIO rules

A new survey paints a picture of low levels of Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgage...

Later life lending: rate still king for advisers

Rate is the most important factor cited by advisers when recommending a later life...

Report: advisers expect to expand later life advice

44% of mortgage advisers are active in the later life market, with equity release...

Knowledge Bank partners with Hodge

Knowledge Bank has joined forces with specialist lender Hodge, to provide brokers with criteria...

Equity Release Supermarket expands free calculator functionality

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has expansion its customer-focussed online tools. ERS were the first broker...

Hodge launches new online intermediary services

Hodge has launched a new website and broker portal, designed to streamline the broker...

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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