Later Life

Equity release customers funding home improvements

Key Retirement's 2014 Equity Release Market Monitor shows 63% of customers – compared with 58%...

Drawdown rate cut by Pure Retirement

Pure Retirement has cut the interest rate on the Pure Drawdown Plan. This scheme was...

DeVere Mortgages launches due to expat demand

DeVere United Kingdom has launched a new, standalone brand called deVere Mortgages. The FCA-regulated firm...

No fall in proportion of people retiring with debt

19% of those planning to retire in 2015 will do so with debts outstanding,...

LLA strikes will-writing deal

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

Paradigm announces award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the yearly winners of its Lender and Provider Awards. ...

KR Group hires COO

KR Group, which trades as Key Retirement, has announced the appointment of Michael Schaefer...

29% year-on-year growth for equity release market

The total value of equity release lending reached £1.38bn in 2014, according to the...

Key Retirement to offer retirement options proposition

In February Key Retirement will introduce a new Retirement Options service. This follows a...

The message advisers need to take into battle

The phrase ‘second line of defence’ has been used a lot lately, particularly in...

Bridgewater supports upcoming Equity Release Club events

Bridgewater Equity Release will be in attendance at the forthcoming Equity Release Club training and development...

Pensioners increasingly using unsecured credit

The latest Pensioner Debt Index from the Equity Release Council shows unsecured debt among...

Realities of state pension survival not clear to all

Only 12% of over-40s surveyed by Opinionmatters for Partnership said that they would survive...

New equity release road shows for 2015

The Equity Release Club is to hold a series of training and development road...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...
Building Societies

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...
Appointments

Together appoints corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire

Together has appointed Kristi Capaldi as corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire,...
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Ceta unveils rent guarantee products for landlords facing longer possession delays

Ceta has launched four wholesale rent guarantee products, arguing that longer possession timelines under...

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