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Advice Guru partners with Pure Retirement to support broker education

Financial adviser learning platform Advice Guru has announced a new sponsorship partnership with Pure...

Pure Retirement unveils adviser guide to better lifetime mortgage understanding

Pure Retirement has launched a new guide aimed at improving adviser knowledge of the...

Will Hale adds Air CEO role to responsibilities

Will Hale, CEO of Key Later Life Finance, has been given additional leadership responsibilities...

80% of later life advisers planning for growth

Eight out of 10 financial advisers in the equity release sector are looking to...

Standard Life Home Finance to hold online later life lending clinics

Standard Life Home Finance, is hosting a series of online clinics for at advisers...

Clients prioritise low interest rates in lifetime mortgage decisions

More than 80% of clients prioritise low interest rates when considering a lifetime mortgage,...

More2life unveils personalised lifetime mortgage rates

Later life lender more2life has introduced Flexi Interest Reward, a new lifetime mortgage feature...

Divorcing couples prioritise property wealth

11% of couples who divorce after the age of 50 use money from their...

Access FS becomes member of Equity Release Council

Access Financial Services has joined the Equity Release Council. Its mortgage advisers provide advice on...

LiveMore CEO reacts to FCA’s focus on later-life lending

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reinforced its commitment to Consumer Duty, making it...

Total equity release lending rises for third successive quarter

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

2025: A year of continued positive change for later life lending

In many ways, last year was a consolidatory yet overall successful year for the...

Average lifetime mortgage house values up 25% year-on-year

Average property values among new lifetime mortgage customer are continuing to rise, according to...

Rise in lifetime mortgage use for debt and mortgage repayments

Pure Retirement has reported a number of changes in use of its later life...

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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...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Affordability pressures deepen in Wales and North East as rental divergence widens

Regional divergence within the UK’s private rented sector has become more pronounced, with new...

Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options

Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...

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