Later Life

FCA outlines reforms aimed at broadening access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to reshape the mortgage market, with...

More2life shortens Flexi ERCs and introduces age-based sourcing enhancement

More2life has introduced a series of changes designed to broaden later life lending options...

MIMHC launches programme to train over 100 Mental Health First Aiders

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) Foundation has announced its most ambitious programme...

More2life adds Horizon mortgage range to broaden adviser options

More2life has expanded its lifetime mortgage offering with the integration of the Horizon and...

Later life lending and the importance of a lasting power of attorney

It’s fair to say that later life lending has moved from a niche corner...

AdvisoryAI launches free tool to help advisers interpret Budget 2025

AdvisoryAI has built a free Budget Analyser to help advisers understand how the Autumn...

Advise Wise launches new cost of borrowing calculator

Later life lending sourcing platform Advise Wise has added a new Cost of Borrowing...

Later life borrowing rises as older buyers turn to mortgages in greater numbers

UK Finance’s latest later life mortgage lending update for Q3 2025 suggests that borrowing...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Treasury summary

This is the executive summary from the Treasury's full Budget document. This Budget takes the...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Salary sacrifice cap to be introduced

Rachel Reeves has announced plans to change salary sacrifice arrangements for pension contributions. The chancellor...

Survey reveals cost of living pressures and tax fears weighing on mutual’s members

Concerns over the cost of living and the prospect of tax rises continue to...

Hanley Economic expands RIO lending as maximum LTV rises to 70%

Hanley Economic Building Society has widened its later life lending range by lifting the...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Industry braces for impact

On Wednesday, the Chancellor is due to deliver the second highly anticipated Autumn Budget...

Financial education boosts demand for protection insurance

Young adults who receive financial education are significantly more likely to buy protection insurance...

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Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

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Targeted support must not sideline customer vulnerability, MorganAsh warns

Firms preparing to offer the FCA’s new targeted support service risk falling foul of...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a...

Bridging brokers cite government policy as main risk to mortgage market

Research among bridging professionals suggests political uncertainty outweighs concerns over rates, affordability and housing...

BDLA backs FCA review of regulated bridging loan term limits

The Bridging and Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has welcomed a move by the Financial...

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