Later Life

more2life calls for innovation and technology to drive later life lending growth

Later life lender more2life has called on the wider industry to ensure product innovation...

Hodge Bank partners with Mortgage Broker Tools

The partnership means Mortgage Broker Tools’ broker members can now access Hodge’s specialist mortgage...

LiveMore appoints Charles Roe as industry adviser

Specialist lender LiveMore has appointed Charles Roe as industry adviser. Roe joins LiveMore with a...

Steve Hayes joins Specialist Hub

Steve Hayes has joined the Specialist Hub alongside Mike Brooks, with both now fully...

Air makes Academy free to access

The later life lending platform, Air Club, has announced that Air Academy is now...

Key Partnerships urges advisers to raise standards

Firms referring customers for later life lending advice must place greater focus on best...

Equity Release Supermarket calls for greater collaboration

The Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), part of the Equity Release Group (ERG), has called...

Later life lending group launches

Sovereign Life Group has been formed to bring together established specialist businesses from across...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s...

LiveMore launches 2+3-year fixed rate mortgage

LiveMore has launched a new 2+3-year fixed rate mortgage, for customers over forty. The product...

more2life urges FCA to mandate signposting of all later life lending products

more2life chief executive Dave Harris has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Advice boosts women’s confidence in long-term financial planning

Women are more likely to manage household finances than longer-term wealth decisions, although financial...

Air warns of interest-only mortgage maturity challenge for older borrowers

Thousands of older homeowners approaching the end of their interest-only mortgage terms may be...

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,...

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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...

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...

TMG adds Handelsbanken to mortgage lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel, giving advisers access to...

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