Later Life

Hodge aligns minimum ages of interest-only products

Hodge has lowered the minimum age of its Residential Interest Only mortgage from 55+...

Pure Retirement expands Classic Lifetime Mortgage availability

Pure Retirement has made its Classic Lifetime Mortgage range available to a wider section...

Only 40% of property owners happy with expected retirement income

Research for later life adviser Key has found that almost one in three people...

TMA adds Legal & General Home Finance to equity release panel

TMA Club has added retirement lending solutions provider Legal & General Home Finance to...

TSF Consultants becomes ambassador for LLA

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced TSF Consultants as its latest Ambassador firm. TSF...

Light shed on gender differences in later life lending

Almost double number the of retired single women as men are choosing to generate...

Two hires for new later life lending platform

Advise Wise has appointed Jane Hanlon and Jon Tweed, to head the development of...

£381bn in equity release available to over-55s

Research by Canada Life has found that the amount of available equity within older...

Negative stories biggest barrier to equity release growth

New research by Canada Life has found that the equity release sector faces a...

Rise in numbers using equity release to pay off debts

LV= has revealed an increase in the number of people aged over 65 using...

Equity Release Council reports large membership growth

The Equity Release Council has revealed that its membership has increased by 97% in...

Aviva joins Air Sourcing platform

Answers in Retirement Group has announced the addition of Aviva’s lifetime mortgage rates into its...

Year-on-year fall for equity release

Latest data from Key has revealed that retired homeowners released more than £3.4 billion...

Canada Life cuts Lifestyle Options rates

Canada Life has reduced rates on three of the products in its Lifestyle Options...
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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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Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

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TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

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