Later Life

Key Retirement Group to hold roadshows with SMP

Key Retirement Group is expands its partnership with the Society of Mortgage Professionals. The firm will be...

Committee calls to end the triple lock

The Work and Pensions Committee has published research on the trade-off between the State...

The changing face of lending into retirement

Lending into retirement has been a major bug bear for borrowers in recent years...

Working into late seventies could become necessity

Those people who plan a ‘flexible’ retirement, reducing their working hours in later life...

Retirement debt back on the rise

Prudential has found that the proportion of people retiring in debt this year is at...

TMA wants fight against “unfair” FSCS levy 

TMA Mortgage Club is calling on brokers to respond to a consultation paper from...

ABI wants digital cold-calling ban

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) wants the government to take the ban on...

Protection ‘rules of thumb’ out of date

A new report from Aegon, and actuarial firm EValue, has found that economic conditions as...

Govt housing strategy to be outlined today

The government is reportedly to use its flagship housing strategy, which it will unveil...

Two generations now working to help FTBs

Key Partnerships has found that parents and grandparents are increasingly working together to help first-time...

Santander ups max interest-only lending age

Santander is extending the maximum interest-only mortgage lending age from 65 to 70 from...

The Mansfield unveils specialist lending brand

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a specialist lending proposition called Versatility. It aims to...

Advisers unable to find retirement lending solutions

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life has revealed that 79% of advisers...

OneFamily expands lifetime mortgage offering

OneFamily has added two new flexible interest-paying products to its lifetime mortgage range. Consumers will...

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

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...

Step One Finance adopts OMS origination platform

Step One Finance has introduced a bespoke loan origination system developed with One Mortgage...

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