RIO mortgages

LiveMore creates new propositions team

LiveMore is expanding its operations with a new propositions team. Samantha Ward, who has consulted...

Hodge improves 50+, RIO and holiday let criteria

Hodge has made major changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday...

LiveMore introduces new 100% debt consolidation feature

LiveMore, which lends to people aged 50 to 90+, has widened its existing criteria...

Perenna launches flexible RIO mortgage

Perenna has added a flexible, long-term fixed rate retirement interest only (RIO) mortgage to...

Hodge increases maximum loan sizes

Hodge is raising the maximum loan size on its Professional, 50+ and RIO mortgage...

Nottingham BS cuts rates and launches new deals

Nottingham Building Society has unveiled a new range of mortgage products and improvements. These include...

LiveMore cuts over-50s’ mortgage rates

LiveMore has further reduced mortgage rates across its entire range of products by up...

Hodge cuts mortgage rates by up to 80bps

Hodge has reduced rates across its entire mortgage range and retention products are also...

LiveMore appoints new director of intermediary sales

LiveMore has appointed Les Pick to the position of director of intermediary sales. Pick...

LiveMore launches £500 cashback range for over-50s

LiveMore has launched a fee-assisted £500 cashback mortgage range. Lending exclusively to borrowers over 50,...

LiveMore reduces all over-50 products’ mortgage rates

LiveMore has cut rates across all its mortgage products by up to 0.29 percentage...

Hodge cuts 50+ and RIO rates

Hodge is making another set of rate reductions across its range of 50+ and...

Hodge cuts rates across RIO mortgage range by up to 40bps

Hodge has announced cuts to its later life lending products, with rates across its...

LiveMore provides semi-exclusive products for five packagers

LiveMore has launched an exclusive packager proposition with Brightstar, Complete, Brilliant Solutions, TFC and...

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...

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Cyberattack disrupts Romanian property transactions

A cyberattack on Romania’s national land registry has disrupted property transactions across the country...

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...

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