Later Life

Advise Wise extends legal reach to Scotland

Advise Wise has announced a significant expansion of its legal hub with the addition...

Pure Retirement improves adviser application journey

Pure Retirement has launched an online application journey, with an enhanced online form designed...

Majority of 50-79-year-olds distrust financial services providers

There is an “alarming” lack of trust in financial service providers among those aged...

Hodge improves later life criteria

Hodge is making criteria enhancements to its later life mortgage products on 9 October. The...

HLP provides free membership to Air Academy

Air has revealed plans to partner with HLP to boost the network’s proposition to...

Later life market ‘soft skills’ more important than ever

In the later life lending space we’ve always talked a lot about the need...

Advise Wise joins Folding@home initiative

Advise Wise has announced its partnership with Folding@home, a distributed computing project aimed at...

Pure Retirement reintroduces Heritage Freedom range

Pure Retirement has announced the reintroduction of its Heritage Freedom range, offering customers repayment...

Advise Wise adds Just online application submission

Advise Wise has introduced online application submission for Just products to its later life...

Air Sourcing makes charity donation to Alzheimer’s Society

Air, the later life lending platform, will mark World Alzheimer's Day by donating £6,000...

LiveMore introduces ‘counter-offer’ feature for brokers

LiveMore has unveiled a ‘counter-offer’ facility on its later life platform. Brokers just need to...

Advise Wise introduces Fact Find and Suitability Letter System

Following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) comprehensive review of the equity release marketplace, Advise...

Three-quarters of 50-80-year-olds worried about cost-of-living

78% of homeowners aged between 50 and 80 are feeling the effects of the...

FCA finds substandard advice in later life lending market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reviewed the later life lending market and worked...

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Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

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Market Harborough cuts rates on larger residential loans

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced rates on its larger loan products by as...

Shawbrook promotes Apollonio to lead retail mortgage sales

Shawbrook has promoted Louise Apollonio to sales and distribution director for retail mortgages, as...

Clydesdale Bank raises fixed mortgage rates across core and specialist ranges

Clydesdale Bank is set to raise a range of fixed mortgage rates from Monday,...

Growth in online auctions reshaping UK property market

The UK property auction market is being rapidly transformed by digital platforms, with record...