Later Life

LiveMore cuts rates by up to 85 basis points

LiveMore has reduced rates by up to 85 base points (bps). These limited edition rates...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Perenna to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of market disrupter Perenna Bank to its lender...

Call for government to simplify property taxes to help FTBs

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance is arguing that overhauling the tax rules...

28% of HNW Baby Boomers have not saved for later-life care costs

28% of the Baby Boomer generation have not ring-fenced money to fund any care...

Advise Wise adds primary surveyor information to search

Advise Wise has announced the introduction of primary surveyor information to its product search...

Hodge cuts 50+, RIO and Hodge Resi rates

Hodge is making further rate reductions across its 50+, RIO and Hodge Resi mortgage...

Phoebus Software joins Equity Release Council

Phoebus Software has become the latest Associate Member of the Equity Release Council. As part...

Advise Wise unveils affordability tags

Advise Wise has introduced affordability tags to its platform. This new feature is designed...

Loughborough BS increases income assessment for retirement lending

Loughborough Building Society has improved its lending in retirement proposition by moving to assess...

Over-55s struggling to pay off mortgage before retirement

New research from Key Later Life Finance has found that over-55 homeowners are making...

Phoebus partners with OMS Originations

Phoebus, the software provider for mortgage and savings account servicing, has partnered with One...

The Right DA Club becomes Air Ambassador

The Right DA Club has announced its new Ambassadorship of Air, the platform for...

UK homeowner equity reaches £5.7 trillion

The total value of the nation’s property equity has risen to a record £5.7...

Enness Global joins Equity Release Council

Enness Global, the international mortgage broker for high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, business owners and...

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

Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...

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