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Countrywide Surveying Services renews Pure Retirement lead valuer role

Countrywide Surveying Services has renewed its agreement with Pure Retirement to continue providing valuation...

Later life lending capability ‘could add £760,000 to firm’s value’

Advice firms could add as much as £760,000 to their value by building later...

Bower deepens use of Advise Wise platform to support later life advice

Bower Home Finance has reaffirmed its commitment to technology-led advice by continuing to integrate...

Equity Release Council hires Tracy Gorbutt-Powell for risk and policy role

The Equity Release Council has appointed Tracy Gorbutt-Powell as head of risk, policy and...

Key extends equity release TV campaign after rise in customer enquiries

Key Equity Release has extended its television advertising campaign into the second quarter after...

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...

L&G creates chief customer officer role to unify service across retirement divisions

Legal & General has appointed Sarah Spooner to a newly created chief customer officer...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions...

More2life unveils toolkit to help advisers build referral pipeline

More2life has launched a new Growth Toolkit aimed at helping later life advisers establish...

Key Equity Release teams up with Pense to broaden later life advice

Key Equity Release has entered a partnership with pension specialist Pense as it looks...

The growth is there. Now we must close the gap

The latest UK Finance Later Life Lending Update for Q4 2025 should give every...

Air sets out Consumer Duty blueprint for later life lending advice

Air has published a new report designed to help advisers evidence later life lending...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release...
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COMMENT

Comment

Bank Rate holds, but the pressure is building

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) last month at 3.75% provides another period of stability for the mortgage market,...

How are we supporting the next generation of first-time buyers?

With GCSE and A-level results out over the last fortnight, it feels like the right moment to ask a question the industry doesn't spend...

Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

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Regions share £10bn allocation for 70,000 affordable homes

More than 70,000 social and affordable homes are to be built across six English...
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Amanda Bryden appointed to lead Accord Mortgages

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Amanda Bryden as director of distribution and incoming managing...
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