Later Life

PMS and Sesame to hold specialist lending events

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are to host a new range of specialist...

Responsible Life eyes half a billion pound target

Responsible Life says it is set to advise on half a billion pounds worth...

The Nottingham joins Air Mortgage Club panel

Air Mortgage Club has announced the addition of the Nottingham Building Society to its...

Q&A: Simon Thompson, CEO of Key Group

BestAdvice (BA): Why is Key Group focussing on the later life lending market? You’ve...

Pension withdrawal for buy-to-let could cost thousands

Savers should consult an adviser before raiding their pension to purchase property, Royal London...

Having those difficult conversations

Maybe I am getting older, but I seem to be attending more funerals recently....

Half of homeowners who use equity release pay off mortgages

49% of equity release customers in the third quarter of 2019 used it to pay...

Gatehouse Bank widens buy-to-let customer eligibility

Gatehouse Bank is making its range of buy-to-let products available to first-time buyers as...

Accord increases term limits

Accord Mortgages has changed its maximum term of 40 years and extended the age...

Expansion in the equity release market continues

The Equity Release Council has revealed that nearly £11 million of property wealth was unlocked...

Equity Release Supermarket sees above-industry average uplift

Equity Release Supermarket has reported that its applications to lenders rose by 10%, and...

Key Partnerships becomes SmartrRefer partner

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships has been selected as one of SmartrRefer partners,...

OneFamily joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added lifetime mortgage provider, OneFamily to its provider panel. Paradigm members...

Canada Life makes additional rate cuts on lifetime mortgage products

Canada Life has reduced the rates on six of its lifetime mortgage products. Four products...
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COMMENT

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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...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

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Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

More than a third of Britons want to improve the energy efficiency of their...
Technology

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...
News

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...
Buy-to-let

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

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