Later Life

TMG appoints Jane Gregory to lead financial services business

TMG Financial Services has appointed Jane Gregory as head of TMG Financial Services after...

Law firms urged to consider later life lending in IHT planning

Law firms should consider later life lending as part of broader inheritance tax planning...

Treasury rules out stamp duty relief for homeowners downsizing

HM Treasury has rejected a proposal to offer stamp duty relief to homeowners moving...

Air sets October summit on AI and technology for advisers

Air will hold a one-day summit in Coventry next month focused on how advisers...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more...

Four in 10 borrowers expect to carry mortgage into retirement

Almost four in 10 mortgage borrowers expect to enter retirement without having paid off...

Scottish BS takes specialist mortgage range nationwide

Scottish Building Society has expanded its intermediary mortgage proposition across mainland UK, giving brokers...

The Buckinghamshire launches three-year discounted mortgage range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched three three-year discounted mortgage products across its Retirement and...

Gender confidence gap emerges in affluent retirement planning

Almost four in 10 affluent women approaching retirement are unsure how to turn their...

Wealth advisers urged to consider later life lending in inheritance tax planning

Wealth managers should widen their inheritance tax planning options to include later life lending...

Boomerang children cost older homeowners up to £17 billion a year

Adult children living with their parents could add as much as £17 billion to...

TMG Group agrees deal to acquire Later Life Money

TMG Group has agreed to acquire Later Life Money Limited, subject to approval from...

iPipeline completes Origo acquisition after regulatory approval

iPipeline has completed its acquisition of Origo after securing regulatory approvals, including clearance from...

More2life opens route for lifetime mortgage cases requiring property repairs

More2life has formed an exclusive partnership with Verified Building Services to help lifetime mortgage...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

First-time buyer affordability remains strained despite narrowing house price gap

Only 12.1% of potential first-time buyers can afford the average starter home in their...

Royal London targets GP report delays with digital service

Royal London is expanding its use of digital medical evidence in an effort to...

Equifinance names Jackie Burchill as lending operations director

Equifinance has appointed Jackie Burchill as director of lending operations as the second charge...

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...

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