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Advisers falling short on Consumer Duty in later life lending, Key warns

A significant number of financial advisers lack full confidence in meeting Consumer Duty obligations...

Redefining ‘later life lending’ for a fairer financial future

The phrase ‘later life lending’ is becoming increasingly common in financial services but what...

Mortgage advisers failing over-50s on later life lending, Key warns

Mortgage advisers are not doing enough to support over-50s with later life lending options,...

Total equity release lending rises for third successive quarter

Over 15,000 customers were active in the equity release market for the first time...

LiveMore overhauls unveils new lifetime products and adds drawdown

LiveMore has expanded its lifetime equity release products to further widen financial options for...

Growing acceptance of borrowing into older age

61% of homeowners in the UK - equivalent to 18.7 million people – are...

Pure Retirement revamps Emerald range

Pure Retirement has refreshed its Emerald range of lifetime mortgages, designed to offer consumers...

Later life lending customer needs “have forever changed”

Last week, later life lending platform, Air, hosted its Comprehensive Conversations Roundtable. The roundtable featured...

Key: reasons to be cheerful for equity release market

Increased product innovation in the equity release market, combined with expected base rate cuts...

Equity release market returns to growth

The Equity Release Council has reported that the equity release market has seen growth...

Q3 sees record number of new equity release plans

The Equity Release Council (ERC) has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out a...

Finova Broker CRM integrates with Air Sourcing

Finova has announced that its Broker CRM is the first to integrate with Air...

Demand for equity release has recovered strongly from Covid

The Equity Release Council has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out 12,485 new...

TMA Club teams up with Standard Life Home Finance

TMA Club has launched a new partnership with Standard Life Home Finance, bringing its...
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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

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,...

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Ampla Finance unveils Untangled rebrand as it broadens specialist lending ambitions

Specialist lender Ampla Finance has launched a new brand identity, Untangled, as it looks...
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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...
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Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...
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Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

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