Later Life

Early 2040s will see retirement income crisis point reached

The UK is less than two decades from crisis point where nearly three in...

Equity Release Council to hold later life summit with AMI

The Equity Release Council is launching the Later Life Lending Summit in collaboration with...

Perenna cuts purchase, remortgage and RIO rates

Perenna has reduced rates across its purchase, remortgage and retirement interest-only (RIO) products. RIO...

Millennials’ life events impacting on future retirement plans

59% of millennials are struggling to save for retirement but hope to save more...

Advise Wise unveils new cost calculator tool

Advise Wise has announced the launch of its Cost Calculator tool. It allows advisers to...

Pure Retirement adds interest servicing option to Heritage range

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has launched an interest servicing option across its Heritage...

Compliance consultancy joins Equity Release Council

Financial services consultancy and operations specialist, Square 4, has become the latest member of...

Advise Wise introduces platform medical detail improvements

Advise Wise now allows advisers to input clients’ medical information using metric units for...

More2life launches ERC-free lifetime mortgage

More2life has launched the first ever lifetime mortgage where no early repayment charges (ERCs)...

Royal London partners with Advise Wise

Royal London Equity Release's Principal product in now available to all advisers through the...

The Right Mortgage launches later life accreditation scheme

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and its subsidiary, the Later Life Lending Network,...

LiveMore cuts rates by up to 85 basis points

LiveMore has reduced rates by up to 85 base points (bps). These limited edition rates...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Perenna to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of market disrupter Perenna Bank to its lender...

Call for government to simplify property taxes to help FTBs

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance is arguing that overhauling the tax rules...

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Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream

It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company buy-to-let felt like a specialist niche, the preserve of portfolio...

TOM BILL: Lower borrowing costs offer Treasury respite

The length of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s observation window – the period when it takes a snapshot of the economy to inform its...

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Housemate horrors push young renters towards home ownership

Nine in 10 young renters say they’ve endured a “housemate horror”, according to new...

The Monmouthshire partners with Phoebus in five-year digital transformation deal

Monmouthshire Building Society has signed a five-year agreement with Phoebus Software to provide account...

Buyers Face £2.2m price tag to secure a slice of history this Halloween

Aspiring homeowners looking to live like royalty this Halloween may find the dream of...

Vida expands BTL range with flexible Let to Move option

Vida Homeloans has broadened its specialist buy-to-let proposition with the launch of Let to...

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