Later Life

Advisers want interest-only innovation

30% of equity release advisers want product development to focus on interest-only mortgages –...

Largest quarterly rise in equity release lending for 11 years

Equity release lending in the third quarter of the year rose by £68.3m compared...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils lifetime mortgage referral panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched its lifetime mortgage referral panel, which aims...

Lack of joined-up policy making threatening PRS

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned against discouraging...

BTL will form part of pension strategy for many

Research has highlighted the increase in buy-to-let and equity release supplementing pension incomes. Equiniti’s...

European housing market confidence up by three percentage points

Confidence in European house prices continues to rise, but higher costs are putting a...

Trio of appointments at Bower Retirement Services

Bower Retirement Services has made three senior appointments in what is sees as key growth...

Gifting behind 25% of equity release

Key Retirement has found that retired homeowners with higher property values are twice as...

Major repercussions from late payment proposals

Proposals from the government to penalise insurers who do not pay claims promptly and...

Citizens Advice: view must establish full extent of advice gaps

As HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority invites input into the Financial Advice...

One-third of IFAs planning to retire over next decade

36% of IFAs that own all or part of their firm plans to semi-retire or...

Half of over-50s save money for themselves each month

Britain’s over 50s are putting money aside each month for both themselves and their...

Tories criticised over housing and elderly care

The call by two cabinet ministers for more families to put up parents or grandparents in...

Grandparents at risk of over-generosity

A new study by Investec Wealth & Investment has found that parents and grandparents who gift...
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Protection

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,...

Got something to sell? Try telling some untruths on X

Why do people peddle untruths on social media? When I say this, I’m thinking specifically of my old mate Martin Stewart who can be...

Funding student property? Talk to a broker first

When an investor spots an opportunity in the student accommodation sector, it’s rarely a simple transaction. Often what unlocks success is the guidance and...

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Homebuying

Land Registry outlines long-term plan to modernise property market

HM Land Registry has set out its ambitions to deliver faster and more efficient...
Buy-to-let

The Mortgage Works trims rates across new and switcher ranges

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is cutting selected buy-to-let mortgage rates for both new and...
Bridging

Recognise completes £644k commercial bridge for East Anglia housing site

Recognise Bank has provided a £644,000 commercial bridging loan secured against a greenfield site...
surveying

CSS appoints Steve Lees as associate technical director

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has appointed Steve Lees as associate director of technical services. Lees...

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