Later Life

Nascent broker interest in equity release

A survey conducted by Paradigm Mortgage Services has found a growing level of interest...

Equity release: still much to be done

88% of advisers surveyed by LV= believe the equity locked up in a property...

End-to-end service from KRS for downsizing over-55s

Key Retirement Solutions is launching a nationwide service to handle the house buying and...

Equity release in 2013

As an actuary, I’m trained to use evidence-based scientific methods to anticipate the range...

It makes sense to team up over advice

If you rewind back a few years to before the global financial crisis, financial...

Bridgewater releases aid on price of long-term care

Bridgewater Equity Release has launched the latest in its series of 'Just a thought...'...

Pink to improve its equity release AR support

Pink is improving its support programme for equity release authorised ARs. This will include a...

Things to get tougher for the elderly

Much was made in the past of how equity release could be used to...

Equity Release Council passes 250 member mark

Membership of The Equity Release Council has passed the 250 mark, under a year...

Wide geographical divide in pensioner costs

The average cost of being a pensioner is £10,020 a year, based on Key...

Equity release growth predicted for 2013

The equity release market is set for a year of growth, according to the...

Equity release to ease pensioner poverty, suggests research

Equity release is set to play a key role in raising the incomes of...

Bridgewater and Just Retirement claim high demand for March workshops

Bridgewater Equity Release Just Retirement have reported "huge demand" from advisers for a series...

The flaws in the social care cap

Given some of the political reaction to the recently announced £75,000 social care cap,...

COMMENT

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Latest news

Mortgage industry cycle challenge raises £26k for children and homelessness charities

Mortgage industry leaders have raised £26,002 for two charities after cycling 472 miles from...

MTD pressure prompts 22% of landlords to consider quitting

More than one in five UK landlords have considered leaving the rental market as...

MortgageMatch launches AI-ready broker directory

MortgageMatch.org has launched a consumer-facing platform designed to make finding and comparing mortgage brokers...

Virgin Money cuts new business rates and ups buy-to-let PT rates

Virgin Money is to reduce a range of purchase and remortgage fixed rates while...

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