RIO mortgages

The Beverley cuts interest-only rates

The Beverley Building Society has reduced the rates on its interest-only mortgages by up to...

The Mansfield joins Air Mortgage Club panel

AIR MORTGAGE CLUB ADD MANSFIELD BUILDING SOCIETY TO RETIREMENT LENDING PANEL Air Mortgage Club...

Nationwide to offer RIO mortgages to wider market

The Nationwide Building Society has unveiled a comprehensive package of later life mortgage options...

The Saffron bolsters RIO offering

The Saffron Building Society's latest addition to its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage products...

More 2 Life to hold later life lending symposiums

More 2 Life is to run a series of later life lending symposiums this...

RIO not a magic bullet for majority of interest-only borrowers

Royal London has calculated that the majority of interest-only borrowers looking to move to a...

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals Autumn event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club has published its calendar of Autumn events and roadshows. The...

Brightstar launches education initiative

Brightstar Financial has introduced an education programme for brokers. The distributor will, over the coming...

Longest RIO fixed rate introduced by the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has unveiled a 15-year fixed rate mortgage, the longest in...

The Saffron joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

The Saffron Building Society has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. The move means that SimplyBiz...

The Hanley Economic extends RIO range into Scotland

The Hanley Economic Building Society has extended its range of retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages...

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales partners with Responsible Life

Asset management firm Spicerhaart Corporate Sales has announced Responsible Life as its refinance partner...

Brilliant Solutions joins Nottingham for Intermediaries panel

The Nottingham for Intermediaries has announced the addition of Brilliant Solutions to its mortgage...

HL Partnership ramps up later life lending focus

Mortgage & protection network HLPartnership (HLP) has appointed Sue Read as its later life lending...

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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