Lifetime Mortages

Air steps up adviser education with later life lending webinar programme

Later life lending platform Air has launched a new webinar campaign aimed at broadening...

Advice Guru launches AI business planning tool aimed at advisers without formal strategies

Advice Guru has launched a new AI-driven business planning tool designed to support financial...

More2life widens valuation options with Countrywide tie-up

Later life lender more2life has partnered with Countrywide Surveying Services to expand valuation choice...

Home improvements drive highest share of lifetime mortgage use in a year

Analysis from lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement shows that home improvements were the primary...

IMLA backs FCA roadmap on mortgage rule review

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has described the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) Feedback...

Rising inheritance tax receipts sharpen focus on later life planning

Inheritance tax receipts have climbed to £5.8 billion in the first eight months of...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network reports strong Q3 performance

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has reported another quarter of growth, pointing to...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the...

Key returns to television advertising as later life lending confidence builds

Key Equity Release has relaunched a national TV advertising campaign, citing growing confidence in...

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...

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...

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...
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COMMENT

Business

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

Why energy efficiency is hiding mortgage portfolio risk

For years, ESG strategies across the UK mortgage sector have operated under a relatively straightforward principle: better Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings equal lower...

Affordability shocks and expiring deals: why the 2026 mortgage peak demands a holistic protection review

I speak to mortgage advisers and brokers every day, and one topic keeps coming up - the sheer number of mortgage deals coming to...

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Pepper Money reduces residential and buy-to-let rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges and launched...
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Barclays to launch 24-hour fast-track remortgage service

Barclays is to introduce a fast-track remortgage service that could provide eligible borrowers with...
Conveyancing

Conveybuddy reports 88% rise in instructions after two years

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has reported an 88% year-on-year increase in instructions as it marks...
Building Societies

Hanley Economic launches shared ownership mortgages for foreign nationals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced two shared ownership mortgages for foreign nationals living...

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