Vernon Building Society launches retirement mortgages

There are no age restrictions or maximum term, and mortgages can be on either repayment or interest-only terms.

Vernon Building Society launches retirement mortgages

The Vernon Building Society has launched retirement mortgages with initial rates of 1.25% and 0.5% below the standard variable rate (currently 4.70%) for the first five years with no arrangement fees.

There are no age restrictions or maximum term, and mortgages can be on either repayment or interest-only terms.

Tom Gurrie, intermediary sales manager at the Vernon, said: “Our retirement mortgages are aimed to meet the unique needs of older borrowers that are either looking to release equity, remortgage or move home.

“We are seeing more applicants coming to the end of an interest-only mortgage in their later years who have no means to repay the outstanding debt demanded by their lender and therefore need to re-schedule their loan.

“The products are currently only available to brokers with an equity-release qualification, so we welcome the recent announcement by the FCA to review the rules on advice when discussing retirement interest-only mortgages.”

The Vernon launched its retirement product in 2015.