Later Life

Key Partnerships improves equity release referral support

Key Partnerships is expanding its adviser support team as client demand for equity release...

L&G posts 54% rise in retirement division profits

Legal & General has reported an increase in operating profit of 54% across its...

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Solicitors worry their finance knowledge is out of date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Solicitors worry their property finance knowledge is out of date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...

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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