Later Life

More 2 Life issues equity release lending criteria guide

More 2 Life has published a guide to understanding equity release lending criteria to help...

MCI Club selects Knowledge Bank as criteria search partner

MCI Club has partnered with Knowledge Bank for its exclusive criteria search provision. It means...

HL Partnership ramps up later life lending focus

Mortgage & protection network HLPartnership (HLP) has appointed Sue Read as its later life lending...

Broker Conveyancing partners for equity release service

Broker Conveyancing has launched a new service for advisers seeking specialist conveyancing advice for their...

Video: Canada Life, Key & Monument FS discuss later life opportunities for brokers

Discussing these issues are: Will Hale, CEO, Key Paul Jeal, director, Monument Financial Solutions ...

The Saffron opens up RIO mortgage distribution

The Saffron Building Society has announced that its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) Mortgage is...

Over-65s own property wealth worth £1.096 trillion

Retired homeowners have seen their property wealth rise by over £1,000 in the past...

44% of older homeowners prepared to downsize for foreign holiday

Latest research from SunLife has found that nearly half of homeowners over 55 would...

Later life advisers should assess clients’ vulnerability

Advisers have a duty of care to assess the potential vulnerability of later life...

OneFamily appoints BDM for the North West

OneFamily has appointed Donna Johnson as a business development manager (BDM) in its adviser...

Confidence in the specialist lending market continues to rise

Masthaven Bank's latest Broker Beat report has found that 73% of intermediaries working in...

The Marsden makes widespread fixed rate cuts

The Marsden Building Society has reduced fixed rate mortgages across its full product range...

Rebrand for Air Group businesses

Answers in Retirement Group has announced a rebranding of all businesses. The rebranding means...

Canada Life unveils online customer hub

Canada Life has introduced a hub on its website to help existing mortgage customers with...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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