Later Life

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...

PFS annual conference plan triples adviser access

The Personal Finance Society has moved from a single 2015 conference to four national financial...

Referral registration rise for Key Partnerships

Key Partnerships has revealed that registrations for its equity referral service have increased to...

Significant pension freedom activity by under 65s

New figures from the The Association of British Insurers (ABI) suggest around 80% of...

FCA proposes changes to pension rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its proposed changes to the pension rules. It is...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Technology

Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...
Homebuying

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...
Technology

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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