Later Life

FCA unveils general insurance pricing remedies

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the interim report of its market study into the...

Rebrand for Key Retirement Group

Key Retirement Group has rebranded as Key Group. The group aims to be the UK’s...

The Hinckley & Rugby revises later life lending offering

The Hinckley & Rugby has made changes its later life lending offer with a...

Advisers expect equity release to be mainstream within a decade

61% of advisers think it is “likely or more likely” equity release will become...

Teddy Nyahasha to become OneFamily CEO

OneFamily chief executive Simon Markey will be stepping down after seven years. He will be...

The Mansfield expands distribution with Paradigm deal

The Mansfield Building Society has been added to Paradigm Mortgage Services' lender panel. Paradigm members now...

Women feel less prepared for retirement

56% of women feel unprepared for retirement, with almost the same proportion of women...

TMA adds More 2 Life to later life lending panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of equity release lender, More 2 Life, to...

Average equity release rates fall below 5% for first time

£1.85bn in housing wealth was unlocked in the first half of 2019 by homeowners...

L&G inks introducer deal with Prudential

Legal & General’s Retail Retirement division has signed a new introducer agreement with Prudential. ...

Responsive Lending unveils lifetime mortgage at 2.82%

Lifetime mortgage provider Responsible Lending has released what it is hailing as the UK’s...

Buy-to-lets being sold by the retired to fund FTBs

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are increasingly considering cashing in...

Impact Specialist Finance to hold autumn breakfast broker seminars

Specialist mortgage broker and distributor Impact Specialist Finance has published details of its series...

Royal London sounds warning over RIO mortgages

Retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage borrowers could face a significant cost hike by delaying the...
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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...

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