Later Life

Personal Touch joins Equity Release Council

Adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services has joined the Equity Release Council.   Latest figures...

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...

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...

Latest news

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...

Life changes could create new wave of accidental landlords

Changes in personal circumstances rather than investment plans could push more homeowners into the...

Remortgage searches jump 40% as borrowers return after summer

Remortgage activity drove a sharp rise in mortgage searches during September, with Twenty7tec recording...

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