Later Life

The Leeds launches Retirement Interest Only mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has become the latest provider to launch Retirement Interest Only...

The Scottish BS unveils retirement interest-only mortgage

The Scottish Building Society has added a Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) mortgage to its range...

More 2 Life appoints product manager

More 2 Life has appointed Jac Jones to the newly created role of product manager. Jones...

How can technology be used to meet rising demand for equity release?

The equity release market has experienced huge levels of growth in the last few...

Widows reluctant to downsize

47% of law firms regularly advised widows who are facing financial hardship to consider...

More 2 Life becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

Lack of equity release knowledge revealed

A recent survey found that 55% of homeowners aged 55 and over didn’t realise...

Key Retirement rebrands as Key

Independent adviser for equity release and later life lending, Key Retirement, has rebranded as...

£1bn of lifetime mortgage lending in a quarter “just around the corner”

The equity release market edged closer to £1bn of activity in a single quarter...

New branding for OneFamily

OneFamily has introduced a new brand and visual identity, featuring the strapline ‘modern family...

Many at risk of outliving pension pots

28% of retirees face decisions that could see them outlive their pension pot in...

OneFamily Advice partners with Finance Planning Group

OneFamily Advice is to offer holistic retirement planning through a Finance Planning Group partnership. OneFamily...

Graduates “could miss out on £75k from their pension pot”

New research from Royal London has found that graduates earning an average salary who...

Surge in equity release plans continues

Key Retirement has reported that retired homeowners released £1.71 billion of property wealth in...

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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