Later Life

Equity release market grows 29% in two years

Increased interest in equity release products has seen the total value of plans agreed...

National Counties unveils eight-year fixed rate

National Counties Building Society is now offering a mortgage targeted at borrowers approaching, or...

Shifting attitudes towards inheritance?

The interest-only time bomb stories may have died down slightly from the wall-to-wall coverage...

Equity release a solution for capital repayment issues?

45% of advisers think equity release plans enabling homeowners to continue paying interest on...

Brits look to lottery not saving for decent retirement

A greater number of UK adults think winning the lottery offers a better chance...

Equity Release Council counters rate critics

The Equity Release Council has responded to critics of product rates. Speaking at the...

Private equity fund takes majority stake in KRS

Key Retirement Solutions has announced the sale of a majority stake of the KRS...

Bridgewater outlines ‘masterclass’ schedule

Bridgewater Equity Release has published details of its next four Equity Release Advice Masterclass...

LV= cuts lifetime rates

LV='s lifetime mortgage interest rates have been cut by 20 basis points. For customers up...

Solvency II could scupper equity release

Those of us that work in the equity release industry are fully aware of...

Bridgewater outlines changing reasons for equity release

Bridgewater Equity Release has reported that its customers are increasingly using equity release to...

Financial advice for older people on parliamentary agenda

The Equity Release Council will join MPs and peers today for a specially convened...

Retirement savings reach all-time low

Only 45% of those who could and should be preparing financially for their old...

Bridgewater offers equity release guide for divorce

Bridgewater’s latest ‘Just a thought...’ sales aid tackles the issue of ‘Divorce Rescue’ and...

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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