Later Life

MBE London to feature Equity Release Council seminars and debate

The Equity Release Council will be holding seminars and a panel Q&A at Mortgage...

Key Retirement appoints CEO

Key Retirement has promoted Will Hale to CEO. Hale, who joined Key Retirement Group in...

AIR Sourcing becomes Equity Release Council member

Sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending, AIR Sourcing, has joined the Equity Release...

LLA unveils New Horizons events

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced a series of events entitled ‘New Horizons’ to support...

Banks of Mum & Dad sacrificing pension funds

Prudential has calculated that the Bank of Mum and Dad is potentially the most...

FSE 2017: mooted interest-only changes welcomed

The Financial Services Expo (FSE) London exhibition yesterday saw later life lending experts welcome...

Average equity release rates fall to new low

The number of product options available in the equity release market has grown significantly...

Key Retirement to hold Chelsea and West Ham events

Key Partnerships is to hold two events at Chelsea and West Ham to discuss...

Openwork to fund mortgage brokers to advise on wealth

Openwork has unveiled ‘Route to Wealth’, a new initiative to support firms to upskill...

Brightstar joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Brightstar Financial has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s specialist distributor panel. Brightstar...

‘My house is my pension’ theory challenged

Prudential has reported that over 3.9 million over-55s plan to downsize to a cheaper...

“UK’s first criteria search system” launches

Knowledge Bank, which claims to be the UK’s first criteria search system, has...

Aegon wants intergenerational fairness from Autumn Budget

Aegon has outlined its priorities for savers and called on the Chancellor to become...

OneFamily appoints funding consultant

OneFamily has appointed Denise Saber as a funding consultant. She will report to John Adams,...

COMMENT

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...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

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