Later Life

Key Retirement highlighting equity release challenges and opportunities

Key Retirement Group is extending its backing of Financial Services Expo to support advisers...

SimplyBiz Group boosts pension transfer panel

The SimplyBiz Group has added a fourth partner to its DB pension transfer referral...

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals Spring conference details

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its Spring Conference on Wednesday 14 March....

More 2 Life unveils Maximum Choice product

More 2 Life has announced its Maximum Choice equity release product, offering rates of 5.65%...

Not what it seems

A friend recently asked me if I could have a word with his brother-in-law,...

Solicitors worry their finance knowledge is out of date

New research from equity release referral service Key Partnerships has found that lawyers are...

Solicitors worry their property finance knowledge is out of date

New research from equity release referral service Key Partnerships has found that lawyers are...

Pensions at risk of being paid to wrong people at death

Royal London has claimed that more than 750,000 people approaching retirement are at risk of...

Age Partnership teams up with Knowledge Bank

Equity release specialist Age Partnership has joined forces with criteria search system Knowledge Bank.  Brokers...

PFS: don’t blame whole advice sector for British Steel scandal

The Personal Finance Society has stated that a more balanced and objective review is required...

More 2 Life offers joint borrower Capital Choice Plan feature

More 2 Life has added an additional feature to its Capital Choice Plan for joint...

Over-65s’ property wealth up £37bn in 12 months

Key Retirement has found that retired homeowners have gained more than £7,900 each in...

Right Mortgage & Protection unveils later life lending network

The Right Mortgage & Protection network has launched its Later Life Lending Network, specialising...

Royal London to start retirement conversations earlier

Royal London has launched new ‘wake up’ packs. Under current rules providers only need to...

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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