Later Life

Wembley to host later life lending seminar

Key Partnerships will be hosting its latest later life lending seminar at Wembley Stadium...

Advisers could help vulnerable old people

Later life advisers can be the 'trusted person' who is able to put lonely...

Legal & General Home Finance appoints head of mortgage broker sales

Legal & General Home Finance has announced the appointment of Marie Catch as head...

The Tipton & Cosley offering retirement interest-only mortgages

The Tipton & Cosley Building Society is claiming to be the first society to...

PFS issue new pension transfer good practice guide

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has issued an updated ‘good practice guide’ covering transfers...

Later Life Academy secures NSAFS accreditation

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has revealed that its development programme for later life...

OneFamily adds two-year option to interest payment lifetime mortgage

OneFamily is launching a two-year fixed offer on its interest payment lifetime mortgage. OneFamily’s interest...

TML partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

The Mortgage Lender and Legal & General Mortgage Club are joining forces to distribute...

The Ipswich launches later life mortgage range

The Ipswich Building Society has unveiled a mortgage range for those borrowing into later...

Just Group develops regular drawdown lifetime mortgage with Saga

Just Group has unveiled a lifetime mortgage product that enables Saga customers to receive...

“Excuse me, I am here”

Recently an elderly lady told me of a visit to see a doctor at...

Pensioners ‘earning’ £7k a year from their homes

The average over-65 homeowner has seen property wealth gains worth £159,000, the equivalent of...

The Vernon removes qualification need from retirement mortgage

The Vernon Building Society has changed the lending policy on its retirement mortgage, removing...

Pure Retirement becomes LLA Ambassador

AIR Sourcing has revealed that Pure Retirement has become the first provider to plug into...

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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