RIO mortgages

Advise Wise adds Newbury BS’s RIO plans to platform

Advise Wise has announced the addition of Newbury Building Society's Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgages...

LiveMore issues inaugural securitisation

LiveMore has successfully priced and completed its inaugural securitisation, Exmoor Funding 2024-1. The simple,...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates across whole range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across a...

Lending around retirement is changing

More than two-thirds of brokers say lending up to and into retirement in the...

LiveMore cuts five-year mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across a series of products by up to 0.58%. The cuts...

Marsden BS boosts later life affordability

Marsden Building Society has improved its affordability model for mortgage customers aged 55 to...

Livemore’s Matching Engine provides borrowing boost

Intermediaries using LiveMore’s Matching Engine secure a 41% increase in the loan amounts they...

Hanley Economic BS adds fee-free residential and RIO offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced a fee-free two-year tracker and fee-free two-year fixed...

Three new heads of department at LiveMore

LiveMore has promoted and appointed three new heads of department across finance, compliance and...

Buckinghamshire BS reprices range and adds new deals

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched two new mortgage products and repriced its whole existing...

Rising demand for hybrid later life products

Air, the later-life lending platform, has launched its first Comprehensive Conversations Report, looking at...

LiveMore reduces all mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across all of its products. The self-styled mortgage lender for people...

Later life lending customer needs “have forever changed”

Last week, later life lending platform, Air, hosted its Comprehensive Conversations Roundtable. The roundtable featured...

Marsden BS to offer 5x income on later life remortgages

Marsden Building Society has made changes to its later life mortgage criteria, including increasing...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Latest news

Just Mortgages and April launch 100% LTV mortgage with family support

Just Mortgages has expanded its first-time buyer range with a semi-exclusive joint borrower sole...

Aldermore sets out five-tier mortgage range for borrowers outside high street criteria

Aldermore is to introduce a five-tier residential lending range aimed at borrowers whose circumstances...

Buyers value energy efficiency but resist paying a premium

Energy efficiency matters to 85% of homebuyers, but only 2% would pay significantly more...

Landmark launches upfront property search pack to cut transaction delays

Landmark Information Group has launched a search bundle that provides property information when a...

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