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Cash-poor over-55s struggling to meet routine costs

Homeowners over the age of 55 are routinely skipping meals, leaving bills unpaid and...

FCA to go ahead with retirement income reforms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to proceed with the recommendations from its retirement...

Defaqto updates financial adviser guide following Budget

Defaqto has launched a post-Budget update of its financial adviser guide Looking forward to retirement. It...

A quarter of annuity holders would sell for a lump sum

A Populus survey for Saga of more than 2,000 annuity holders has revealed demand...

Pension reforms: advisers need to play their part

2015 is shaping up to be the year of the retiree given the intense...

Average retiree has paid over £145,000 in tax

Research from equity release adviser Bower Retirement Services has calculated that every British retiree...

Stonehaven launches lifetime deals with fixed ERCs

Stonehaven has introduced a new product range which offers customers control over any early...

More 2 life to go out on the road

Equity release lender more 2 life is hosting a series of national ‘Breakfast Roadshows’...

Bower Retirement Services acquires equity release adviser firm

Bower Retirement Services has acquired and amalgamated Sixty Plus, an independent financial adviser firm...

Society of Mortgage Professionals extend events agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has extended its schedule of specialist mortgage and protection roadshows...

L&G outlines equity release targets

Legal & General has revealed that it intends to write £100m of equity release...

Majority approaching retirement not seeking financial advice

According to research by LV=, just one in four over 50s plan to seek...

Tim Gosden joins MGM Advantage

MGM Advantage has hired Tim Gosden as product manager. Tim Gosden will help manage and...

CML issues its own election manifesto

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a new animated version of its...

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Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

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Movera launches specialist KYC team to speed up property transactions

Movera has established a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to handle source...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

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