Later Life

Loughborough Building Society partners with Finance Advice Club

Loughborough Building Society is expanding its intermediary distribution with its new partnership with Finance...

SME sale and refinancing ambitions being dented by unfavourable performance data

Research by strategic advisory firm K3 Advantage indicates that economic challenges have led to...

HTB funds portfolio expansion with £6m facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided funding to the tune of £6 million to...

80% of later life advisers planning for growth

Eight out of 10 financial advisers in the equity release sector are looking to...

Paradigm unveils adviser mental health & wellbeing hub

Paradigm has introduced a new Mental Health and Wellbeing hub for advisers and firms. The...

Gatehouse Bank wants government to help unlock Islamic finance

Gatehouse Bank has published a report containing four leading recommendations for the UK government...

Shepherds Friendly appoints NED

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Oliver Laird as a non-executive director. Laird (pictured)...

Standard Life Home Finance to hold online later life lending clinics

Standard Life Home Finance, is hosting a series of online clinics for at advisers...

Marsden BS expands later life mortgage criteria

Marsden Building Society has made a series of changes to its later life mortgage...

Clients prioritise low interest rates in lifetime mortgage decisions

More than 80% of clients prioritise low interest rates when considering a lifetime mortgage,...

More2life unveils personalised lifetime mortgage rates

Later life lender more2life has introduced Flexi Interest Reward, a new lifetime mortgage feature...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network marks 10-year anniversary

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade...

Divorcing couples prioritise property wealth

11% of couples who divorce after the age of 50 use money from their...

Access FS becomes member of Equity Release Council

Access Financial Services has joined the Equity Release Council. Its mortgage advisers provide advice on...

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

Accord cuts all residential new business fixed rates by 0.10%

Accord Mortgages is reducing every fixed rate in its residential new business range by...

Skipton raises maximum income multiple to 6x

Skipton Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-income multiple available through its LTI Booster...

AI used by more than half of consumers considering complaints

More than half of consumers who made or considered making a formal complaint about...

BetterHome Group UK appoints Anthony Glasgow as chief operating officer

BetterHome Group UK has appointed former Connells Group executive Anthony Glasgow as chief operating...

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