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PFS announces exclusive paraplanner events

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has revealed that its first series of dedicated paraplanning events is...

Equity Release Club teams up with the Marsden

The Equity Release Club has linked up with Marsden Building Society supporting new mortgage products...

Hornbuckle makes board appointment

Self-invested pension provider Hornbuckle has announced the appointment of Vincent Cambonie as the firm's...

Pensioners going without despite property wealth

32% of retirees now live on less than the minimum wage, yet 68% have...

Altmann defends multi-political party membership

Dr Ros Altmann, the Conservative government's pensions minister, has clarified her reasoning behind being a...

Pensions guidance causing people to seek further help

27.3% of people who have had a face to face Pension Wise appointment in...

FCA calls for equity release market debate

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has signalled that it wants a public debate over...

Call to scrap lending age limits

More 2 Life has claimed that older borrowers want to see age limits on...

The only game in town?

Anyone working within the equity release sector has always understood the strong underlying demand...

Tax on spending costs pensioners £29bn p.a.

Tax on spending takes an 18% bite out of the average retired households’ income...

Thousands have taken advantage of pension freedoms

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that nearly £2.5bn worth of payments...

Over-55s still in property purchase market

37% of homeowners over the age of 55 are planning at least one more property...

PTFS details ‘at retirement’ training programme

Personal Touch Financial Services has outlined its new training support programme for all advisers who wish...

More 2 Life cuts fees

More 2 Life has reduced its arrangement fees following adviser and customer feedback. Customer and adviser...

COMMENT

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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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...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

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

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

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

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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