Later Life

3.5m over-65s feel guilty about spending cash

29% of people in the UK aged over 65 worry about spending money on...

Over-55s reveals their dream home improvements

SunLife has asked 1,001 homeowners over 55 what renovations they would make to their...

MBE London open for registration

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) London is now open for visitors to register for the...

Average equity release rate sub-5% for first time

Latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk has revealed that the average equity release rate has dropped below...

Hidden costs

Recently I was asked to act as a pallbearer. Being very close to the...

Younger generation more likely to use property to fund retirement

The UK’s younger generation is three times more likely than the older generation to...

The Saffron agrees exclusive referral deal with Key Partnerships

The Saffron Building Society has entered into an exclusive partnership with equity release referral...

Key grows corporate business development team

Equity release adviser Key is expanding its corporate business development team. Key’s corporate team is actively...

The Vernon joins L&G Mortgage Club panel

The Vernon Building Society has joined up with Legal & General Mortgage Club to...

People expect to be fit for work for longer

UK workers expect to be physically capable of doing their jobs until past their...

Downsizers getting less than expected

New research from financial services provider OneFamily has found that 24% of downsizers ended...

Pure Retirement launches Heritage range of products

Pure Retirement has unveiled its new product suite, the Heritage range, which has whole-of-market...

Total equity release lending hits £1.18 billion in Q1

The property wealth of retired homeowners is increasingly being used to clear unsecured debts...

Equity Release Council appoints comms manager

The Equity Release Council has appointed Chris Fay to the position of communications manager. The...

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...

Latest news

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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