Later Life

More 2 Life breaks £2bn loan mark

More 2 Life has now more than £2 billion worth of loans under management, doubling...

Over £1bn in equity released in a single quarter for first time

The latest quarterly lending figures from the Equity Release Council have revealed that homeowners...

Advice “vital” in transforming equity release market

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships, has said that with the number of equity...

New Pure Retirement range aims to open up later life lending

Pure Retirement has launched a new product suite called the Sovereign range. Sovereign aims to...

New hires at L&G retirement business

Legal & General Retail Retirement has made a number of new hires and promotions...

Key Partnerships appoints national account manager

Key Partnerships has recruited Kay Westgarth to the position of national account manager. Most recently, Westgarth...

Aviva CEO steps down

Mark Wilson is to leave his position as chief executive officer of Aviva plc. Wilson...

Key makes head of advice sales hire 

Equity release adviser Key has appointed Rachel East as head of advice sales: whole...

OneFamily improves variable rate lifetime mortgages

OneFamily has made a number of changes to its two-year fixed and variable rate...

L&G offers new plan to support brokers in retirement lending sector

Legal & General Home Finance has outlined a new strategy to invest in the...

What does auto-enrolment mean for later life advisers?

Every employer now has a pension scheme. Thanks to auto-enrolment, which was introduced in...

Millennials trading lower retirement income for home ownership dream

New research from Prudential has found that millennials are chasing the home ownership dream...

HNW Lending unveils equity release product

HNW Lending has launched an equity release product for clients who want to release...

More 2 Life adds drawdown option to Capital Choice Plan

More 2 Life is adding a drawdown facility to its Capital Choice Plan, allowing customers...

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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