This page covers the latest news, product updates, and regulatory developments in lifetime mortgages and later life lending. Read more below to keep pace with this evolving sector.
Emotional ties, housing economics, and better lending products are keeping later-life borrowers in place
Borrowing by older homeowners grows across mainstream and specialist products
How shifting family structures, rising “silver splitters” and evolving equity release needs are reshaping how brokers serve later‑life borrowers
Fewer customers use lifetime mortgages to clear housing debt
Older homeowners now control £3.7 trillion in housing wealth – and it’s quietly reshaping intergenerational finance
New equity release report shows a shift away from debt repayment towards property improvements
Regulator plans changes for first-time buyers, later life lending and vulnerable borrowers
Older homeowners are facing a financial squeeze the Triple Lock can’t hide—and the Budget has quietly accelerated the pressure
Market share gains in both residential and BTL segments
Older homeowners turn to property wealth amid economic uncertainty