Later Life

British Friendly enters market with new Lifetime Care Plan

British Friendly has entered the long-term care funding market with the launch of its...

Call for later life lending advice silos to be broken down

Industry figures have called for closer links between mortgage advisers, wealth managers and later...

Later life lending slows as borrowers remain cautious

Later life mortgage lending slowed during the first quarter of 2026 as older borrowers...

Hanley Intermediaries cuts mortgage rates across residential, RIO and self-build

Hanley Intermediaries has reduced rates across its residential, retirement interest-only (RIO) and self-build mortgage...

Equity Release Council to launch later life lending leadership symposium

The Equity Release Council is to launch a new leadership format for its annual...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

Equity Release Group launches adviser network

Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand...

Property wealth set to play bigger role as pension savings fall short

The growing reliance on defined contribution pensions is likely to increase the role of...

Trafford only northern hotspot in growing inheritance tax divide

Trafford is the only northern local authority emerging as a significant inheritance tax hotspot...

Vernon reports rise in later life lending after product refresh

Vernon Building Society has reported a sharp increase in later life lending, with retirement...

Pure Retirement passes 11,000 users on MyPure platform

Pure Retirement says more than 11,000 customers are now registered on its online account...

As leadership battle brews, could later life lending emerge as a defining policy issue?

The runners and riders are anticipating a leadership challenge to unseat Labour’s first Prime...

Equity Release Group reports 11% rise in case volumes

Equity Release Group has reported an 11.1% year-on-year rise in case volumes for the...

OMS renews technology agreement with Complete FS

One Mortgage System has renewed its agreement with Complete FS, extending the specialist distributor’s...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

Lloyds strengthens housing development team

Lloyds Banking Group has strengthened its housing development team with a new specialist role...

Hodge raises remortgage and debt consolidation LTVs

Hodge Bank has increased loan-to-value limits across its residential and later life mortgage ranges. The...

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