Later Life

Trust and transparency top list for older homeowners seeking advice

Older homeowners place a premium on trust, transparency and tailored advice when dealing with...

The steep price of solo retirement

Single pensioners face a markedly higher financial burden in retirement than their coupled counterparts,...

Advise Wise expands solicitor panel with Gilroy Steel

Advise Wise has announced the addition of Gilroy Steel Solicitors to its specialist solicitor...

LiveMore unveils hybrid Part & Part mortgage

LiveMore has expanded its range of later life lending products with the launch of...

Just backs Advise Wise calculator to support better later life lending advice

Just Group has thrown its support behind Advise Wise’s Cost Calculator, becoming the official...

Advisers falling short on Consumer Duty in later life lending, Key warns

A significant number of financial advisers lack full confidence in meeting Consumer Duty obligations...

L&G marks 10 years in later life lending with new campaign

Legal & General has launched a new campaign to mark the tenth anniversary of...

Unlocking housing wealth in retirement ‘could add £21bn to UK economy by 2040’

More than half of UK households are expected to rely on property wealth to...

Sanjay Gadhia joins Mortgage Advice Bureau as later life regional sales director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as Regional Sales Director - Later...

Equity Release Group to provide later life lending advice to StepChange clients

Equity Release Group has been named the exclusive provider of later life lending advice...

LiveMore calls for clarity in later life lending

LiveMore, the mortgage lender specialising in products for those aged 50 to 90 and...

LiveMore unveils flexible 3+2-year fixed mortgage for over-50s

Specialist lender LiveMore has launched a new hybrid fixed-rate mortgage aimed at borrowers aged...

Marsden adds new incentives to RIO mortgage offering

Marsden Building Society has announced a new round of enhancements to its Retirement Interest...

OMS and Monument Technology join forces to deliver integrated lending platform

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Monument Technology in a move designed to...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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