Later Life

Equity release advisers told to broaden their horizons

Bridgewater Equity Release has urged specialist equity release advisers to expand their offering in...

We need greater clarity around MMR requirements

Last month I attended the ‘Great Retirement Money Debate’ which took place in London...

Overseas property investments open to pensioners

UK Pensioners have more property investment opportunities than ever before according to the latest...

Don’t rush into buy-to-let, retirees told

The International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK) has urged mortgage providers to better understand, and respond to,...

Average retired household contributes £6.5k in tax a year

The amount of tax paid annually by the average retired household in the UK...

Large rise in registrations for Key Partnership

Key Partnerships has revealed that it has registered over 5,500 advisers, a 41% increase on...

Prudential and Hornbuckle agree partnership

Hornbuckle and Prudential have announced a joint initiative to bring advisers a new retirement...

Lifetime mortgages throw lifeline to mortgage prisoners

The number of people using equity release as a means to pay off an...

Advisers want deals for asset rich, cash poor clients

Equity release lender More 2 Life has found that 77% of advisers surveyed think...

New role for Mirfin at Key Retirement

Key Retirement has appointed Dean Mirfin to the newly-created role of technical director. Mirfin, one...

Tripling in number of lost pension hunters

The number of people attempting to track down lost pensions has more than tripled...

More 2 Life ups LTVs

More 2 Life is increasing the LTVs on its Tailored Choice Plan by up...

Why Level 4 could become a minimum

For most practitioners in our sector May and June tend to be months to...

Retirement Advantage unveiled

Retirement solutions provider MGM Advantage and Stonehaven, the equity release provider, have combined to...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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