Later Life

The Leeds cuts rate on RIO mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has cut its five year fixed rate Retirement Interest Only (RIO)...

SimplyBiz’s Advice Show returns

The Advice Show returns today (17 September) with industry specialists including Steve Webb, Ken...

Bank of Mum & Dad causing family friction

New research from equity release adviser Key has revealed that the rise of the...

West Sussex maintains retirement top spot

West Sussex is still the best place to retire offering pensioners the highest quality...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network joins Equity Release Council

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has joined the Equity Release Council. The network...

Panacea Adviser’ partners with Legal & General

Panacea Adviser (Panacea) has revealed that Legal & General has become its latest partner. This new...

AIR Group unveils Learning Hub

Answers in Retirement Group has launched a new physical ‘Learning Hub’ for 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...

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

Wider mortgage options put borrower circumstances in focus on Lenders Live

Borrowers with historic credit problems and smaller deposits have more routes to explore, but...

Christodoulides joins ConveyBuddy as head of distribution

Former NatWest national account manager Luke Christodoulides has joined ConveyBuddy as head of distribution. Christodoulides...

MorganAsh adds BSL translation to customer websites

MorganAsh has introduced British Sign Language translations across its corporate website and itswhoiam.me consumer...

London flat owners face highest risk of resale losses

Nearly four in 10 London flats resold after being held for between five and...

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