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Retirees avoiding guaranteed annuity rates

Thousands of retirees each month are shunning high performance pension incomes in favour of...

Pensions Dashboard prototype to be developed

At the Aviva Digital Garage later today, Simon Kirby, the economic secretary to the...

Age Partnership reveals expansion plans

Retirement specialist Age Partnership has reported year-on-year business growth of 35%. This compares to year-on-year growth...

More 2 Life backs FCA rule relaxation

More 2 Life has welcomed the recent move by the Financial Conduct Authority to...

More 2 Life hires head of operations

More 2 Life has announced the appointment of Steven Dodd to its operations team. Dodd...

“Savings Moments of Truth” outlined

45% of clients are engaging with their retirement savings but are struggling to save...

Equity release increasingly funding holidays

Retired homeowners spending on average £6,785 on trips abroad, according to Key Retirement. Its...

Pensions or property? Clarity please…

In a month where the David Brent movie has been released, you might have...

Ingard adds mutual pair to lender panel

Ingard has added National Counties and the Family Building Society to its panel of lenders....

FSE London seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has been announced. FSE London...

More 2 Life cuts Capital Choice Plan rate

More 2 Life has once again reduced rates with a new monthly interest rate of 4.49%...

Worrying numbers claim barriers to retirement saving

93% of those aged 45-54 say they face barriers to saving, or saving more,...

Lending into retirement: nice to have or necessity?

There are more than 10 million people in the UK over 65 and the...

MBE London to host equity release pavilion

Next month's Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) will include an equity release pavilion for lenders and...

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Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

Ministerial cock-ups could kill radical property taxes

At first it might appear that the mortgage industry and the housing sector as a whole should be cross with the Labour government. After all,...

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SortRefer posts record-breaking month for completions and revenue

SortRefer recorded its strongest-ever month for completions and revenue in October. The Derby-based conveyancing and...

Catalyst reinforces underwriting operations with key promotions

Catalyst Property Finance has strengthened its underwriting function through a strategic restructure and a...

HTB backs £4m refinance for London landlord

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £4m semi-commercial refinance for an experienced landlord in...

MPC narrowly votes to hold rates at 4% as calls for a cut grow louder

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has come within a whisker of...

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