Later Life

Hodge cuts SVR by 0.5 percentage points

Hodge is to reduce its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) by 0.5 percentage points tomorrow...

Covid-19: LV= moves to help equity release advisers write business

LV= has introduced measures designed to make it easier for advisers to write equity...

Hodge webinar to cover RIO and 50+ mortgage solutions

Hodge is to hold the second in its series of free webinars on Thursday...

Hodge reintroduces later-life purchases

Hodge is lifting temporary restrictions to its mortgage products. The lender can now accept...

OneFamily outlines remote applications policy

OneFamily has made some changes to its processes to ensure that its lifetime mortgage...

‘Best Buy’ lifetime mortgage rate unveiled by Responsible Lending

Responsible Lending has introduced a  lifetime mortgage at 2.78% AER. The new rate was released...

Legal & General Home Finance appoints distribution director

Legal & General has appointed Dave Stratton as distribution director within its home finance...

LLA Ambassador pair fund fee suspension

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) is suspending its monthly membership fees for firms during...

New board directors at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has announced the appointment of new directors, following the latest...

Later life lending sector ended 2019 on a high

The Spring 2020 Market Report from the Equity Release Council has revealed that equity...

Air Group unveils new version of platform

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has launched a new version of its Air Sourcing...

Hodge to host later life lending webinars

Hodge is introducing a series of webinars aimed at brokers and IFAs who are...

MCI Club offers lifetime mortgages with OneFamily partnership

MCI Mortgage Club has appointed OneFamily to its lender panel, extending its range of...

More 2 Life appoints new national sales manager and BDM

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Fran Green as national sales manager...
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COMMENT

Technology

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp...
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TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

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