Later Life

More 2 Life offers faster commission payments

More 2 Life has introduced a new payment process so it can now pay advisers the...

Interest-only borrowing behind equity release rise

Key Retirement has found that 22% of customers used property wealth to clear mortgage...

New directors at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has appointed two new board directors following a vote by...

Housing wealth to fill gap left by pension income

A new report from the Equity Release Council has said that wealth accumulated by...

The Bath BS sees record mortgage lending

The Bath Building Society Group has reported increase in its mortgage book in 2016...

Increase in popularity of early inheritances

New research from Key Retirement has revealed that parents want to give away an...

L&G hires lifetime mortgages’ operations director

Legal & General has appointed Mike Thompson to the position of operations director of its...

Record year-on-year growth in equity release

The first quarter of 2017 saw the equity release sector reach record annual growth in new...

Paradigm to offer later life lending event

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to hold its first later life lending event in June. The half-day...

Key Retirement at MBE Leeds

Key Retirement Group is supporting Mortgage Business Expo’s focus on equity release lending and advice. Key’s...

Average equity release fixed rates at record low

Latest research by Moneyfacts.co.uk has established that the equity release market has continued to evolve...

Huge growth predicted for retirement lending market

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life has found that the size...

Self-employed exposed by ‘virtual’ pension planning

Research studying the retirement plans of the self-employed has found that the UK lags behind most of...

Generation X to use property to fund retirement

47% of 35-54 year olds (Generation X) or 8.3 million people in the UK...

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...

PROFILES