Later Life

£375bn available to over-55s via equity release

Retirement Advantage has claimed that the third quarter of 2017 saw a £2bn rise...

Millennials not ignoring pension planning

Millennials are putting pension saving high up their list of workplace priorities, according to...

Vernon BS added to Personal Touch panel

The Vernon Building Society has been appointed to Personal Touch’s mortgage panel.   The local society,...

My Care Consultant becomes LLA Ambassador

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

LBG acquires Zurich pension and savings business

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is to acquire Zurich’s UK workplace pensions and savings business...

Royal London backs national retirement income target

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has proposed a national retirement income target...

New workplace pensions service from Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows has introduced a digital service for customers to access their workplace pensions. The...

65,000 pensioners could lose mortgage help

Royal London has issued a stark warning over government changes to mortgage payment assistance.  The...

Who will give advice to Janice?

Consider the situation for Janice who reaches her State pension age in a couple...

Total property wealth hits record high

Key Retirement has found that retired homeowners have earned £3,500 a month from their...

Key to promote later life lending at MBE

Key Retirement Group will outline the growth of later life lending opportunities at the...

Equity release an option for portfolio landlords?

Retirement Advantage has claimed that landlords affected by the new PRA mortgage affordability checks could still...

IFAs want more equity release innovation

The majority of IFAs think greater choice and flexibility around early repayment options would...

Age Partnership rapped for misleading advertising

Age Partnership has had a television ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A...
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COMMENT

Cover

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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Cover

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...
News

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...
criteria

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...
Protection

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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