Later Life

LiveMore reinstates fee assisted mortgages and lowers RIO age

Specialist lender LiveMore is bringing back fee assisted mortgage products, which includes a free...

Pure Retirement appoints new head of distribution

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Scott Burman as head of distribution. Burman (pictured)...

MorganAsh: Key leads later life sector on vulnerability

Key Later Life Finance has reported positive results from its vulnerability assessments, with the...

Advisers have the quality and resilience to deliver in 2023

First up, let me wish everyone reading this a very Happy New Year. I...

Just Group to offer free EPCs

Retirement specialist Just Group is teaming up with Vibrant, property services company, to provide...

Envelop Network unveils later life lending panel

The Envelop Network has introduced a later life lending panel which includes 10 providers. The...

Standard Life becomes founding partner for new Samaritans Training School

Phoenix Group has announced that its Standard Life brand is the founding partner for...

Women more likely to view home as their security than men

With 26% equity release customers being single women (according to Key's Q3 Market Monitor), Standard...

2.5 million expect to delay retirement

2.5 million pre-retirees will have to delay their retirement as a result of the...

More over-55s considering working past retirement age

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze household income, new research from Canada Life...

Brokers record low levels of satisfaction with mortgage lenders 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that...

Pure Retirement improves Classic Lifetime criteria

Pure Retirement has announced a series of criteria enhancements to its Classic range of...

Older generations ‘unretiring’ as crisis takes its toll

As the economic landscape continues to deteriorate and consumers feel the pressure on their...

New member for the Equity Release Council

Lead generation firm Contact State has become the latest firm to join the Equity...
1...474849...191Page 48 of 191

COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Latest news

Compliance

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...
News

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
Appointments

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
News

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

PROFILES