Later Life

£2.5bn more equity available to release year-on-year

There is £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowner’s properties, due to...

Knight Frank Finance joins the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has revealed that Knight Frank Finance, the financial services arm of...

Available housing equity now totals over £380 billion

There is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowner’s properties, due...

Brightstar launches education initiative

Brightstar Financial has introduced an education programme for brokers. The distributor will, over the coming...

L&G unveils new equity release workshop programme

Legal & General Home Finance has introduced a series of ‘Setting the Foundations’ workshops...

Longest RIO fixed rate introduced by the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has unveiled a 15-year fixed rate mortgage, the longest in...

Canada Life enhances buy-to-let life later offering

Canada Life has lowered the interest rate and increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) for...

TMA distributes LV= lifetime mortgages

TMA Club has partnered with insurance provider, LV= to offer its members access to...

Fluent: mortgage brokers should consider equity release referrals

Fluent for Advisers is urging its introducers to consider building relationships with IFAs and...

“Subdued” first half of 2019 for equity release market

There has been a 5.6% year-on-year rise in the number of equity release plans...

Equity release for lifestyle improvement growing in popularity

44% of equity release customers in the first half of the year used the...

More 2 Life unveils new lump sum lifetime mortgage

More 2 Life has launched Prime Choice, a lump sum lifetime mortgage available for customers...

Property prioritised over pensions by young people

Almost 3.8m people aged 22-29 are saving below the recommended level for a comfortable...

Pure Retirement improves Heritage offering

Following broker feedback, Pure Retirement has made changes to its Heritage range, with the aim...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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