Later Life

Three average Joes

Let’s look at the retirement situation of three ‘average Joes’. Joe 1 is an average...

OneFamily improves fixed rate lifetime mortgage offering

OneFamily has increased the maximum loan amount from £750,000 to £1 million on its...

The Marsden investigates what’s important for later life clients

The Marsden Building Society has published research into the later life market and has...

More 2 Life launches ‘on demand’ CPD webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life has launched a series of CPD webinars for...

Fluent Money expands into equity release market

Fluent Money has set up Fluent Lifetime Ltd -  representing the first phase of its...

Millennials want more pension help from employers

New research from Prudential shows millennials are focused on saving for retirement and want...

Estate agents seeing value of equity release adviser partnerships

Key Partnerships has claimed that estate agents are increasingly valuing the potential of equity...

HL Partnership promotes RIO lending

Mortgage and protection network HL Partnership believes that the launch of Retirement Interest Only...

Record uptake of equity release adviser guide

The Equity Release Council has reported record numbers of downloads this year of The...

More 2 Life appoints director of operations and change management

More 2 Life has announced the appointment of Ben Waugh as director of operations and...

Bank of Mum & Dad ‘feeling the pinch’

Research by Legal & General and Cebr has found that nearly one in five...

The Bucks teams up with Key Partnerships

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has signed an exclusive contract with equity release referral service...

Number of over-65 homeowners has risen 52% in last 20 years

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has concluded that homeowners...

Brightstar to hold new webinar series

Brightstar Financial has unveiled its largest ever webinar programme, with nine specialist lending events...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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