Later Life

Number of over-65s living alone up 15% over past 10 years

The Equity Release Council has reported that the total number of over-65s living alone...

Two new distribution services unveiled by Key

Equity release adviser Key has revealed a new distribution strategy, with a refreshed ‘whole...

Air LLA receives training endorsement

Air Later Life Academy's (LLA) training programme has been endorsed by The London Institute...

Impact Specialist Finance unveils specialist referral service

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a referral service for its broker partners. The service can...

Key Group appoints new non-exec director

Key Group has appointed Gillian Kent as non-executive director. Kent (pictured) has almost 30 years...

‘Last-time buyers’ would be helped by stamp duty action

Equity release adviser Key has published a nationwide study which found widespread support for...

Pure Retirement unveils YouTube channel

Pure Retirement has launched a customer-facing YouTube channel. It is designed to provide explainer video...

More 2 Life joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added later life lender More 2 Life to its panel. Member firms of the...

Responsible Equity Release joins SmartrRefer panel

Responsible Equity Release has been added to SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved...

L&G introduces downsizing protection feature to lifetime mortgage offering

Legal & General Home Finance has unveiled a Downsizing Protection feature across its lifetime...

Credit card borrowing by over-55s rises significantly

The proportion of over-55s who have been in debt in the last five years...

Pension-led Funding joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of Pension-led Funding,...

Key Partnerships agrees referral deal with domiciliary care provider

Key Partnerships has announced an exclusive collaboration with Bluebird Care, a national domiciliary care...

L&G secures FCA approval for lifetime mortgage advice business

Legal & General has secured approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch...

COMMENT

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...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Latest news

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...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

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

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...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

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