Later Life

New lifetime mortgage from Canada Life

Canada Life Home Finance has launched Capital Select Platinum Plus, which it says offers...

Cars and retirement

The other day I heard a Kia advertisement on my car radio. The narration...

FCA launches study into intergenerational finance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a discussion paper on Intergenerational Differences, exploring...

L&G Mortgage Club offers RIO exclusive from H&R

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage...

Record start to the year for Equity Release Supermarket

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has seen a 31% growth in lending from Q1 2018...

Just Group CEO quits

Just Group plc has announced that after nine years with the group, Rodney Cook...

Equity release market records its fastest ever start to a year

The Equity Release Council has reported that the first quarter of 2019 was the...

Equity Release Council to introduce new competency framework

The Equity Release Council unveiled a series of initiatives at its Annual General Meeting (AGM)...

Lack of understanding around power of attorney

New research from Royal London has shown that half of adults are not aware...

Legal & General partners with Royal Voluntary Service

Legal & General Retail Retirement is supporting the Royal Voluntary Service’s ‘Step Forward’ campaign,...

AIR Group to hold second later life adviser conference

AIR Group's second annual National Later Life Adviser Conference, in association with the Equity...

New BDM at More 2 Life

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as a business development manager (BDM)...

Later life lending expansion “well timed”

New research from the Ipswich Building Society has found that one in 10 anticipate...

New Saffron RIO deal for L&G Mortgage Club

The Saffron Building Society has launched a Retirement Interest Only (RIO) Mortgage exclusively through...

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

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...

House prices stall as mortgage costs and Budget uncertainty weigh on market

UK house prices were unchanged in September as higher mortgage rates and wider economic...

Remortgage activity rebounds as higher rates weigh on home purchases

Remortgage applications returned to annual growth in the third quarter, helping to offset a...

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