Later Life

Advise Wise makes platform improvements

Advise Wise, the sourcing platform for later life products, has announced further improvements to...

Documentation is key to complaint handling

When it comes to record-keeping and ensuring every single part of the advice is...

Home improvement is top reason for Legal & General Home Finance equity release

Equity release drawdown data from Legal & General Home Finance has revealed that home...

Most common equity release ‘spends’ revealed

The latest research from over-50s specialists SunLife has revealed that home improvements are the...

Nearly £17k made on property by pensioners over last 12 months

Over-65s have seen their property wealth increase by nearly £1,400 a month in the...

LiveMore makes appointments to sales team

LiveMore, the lender for the 50-90+ age group, has expanded its sales team with...

90,000 equity release customers cut future interest costs by £116m

The Equity Release Council’s Spring 2023 Market Report has revealed that the number of...

Why being self-employed isn’t a barrier to mortgages at 50 or 90

It is generally thought that if a person is self-employed, their mortgage options are...

Mini-Budget caused mortgage overpayment spike

UK households made an unprecedented £23.3bn of mortgage overpayments in 2022, equivalent to £64m...

Charity boss to chair equity release standards committee

The Equity Release Council has appointed a new independent chair to its standards committee,...

Advise Wise extends CRM for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has improved its sourcing platform into a fully fledged CRM system to...

Air launches National Later Life Adviser Conference

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has launched the registration process for...

Early retirement driving economic inactivity among over-50s in Scotland

Phoenix Insights, Phoenix Group’s longevity think tank, has published research exploring economic inactivity among...

Equity Release Supermarket makes new hires

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has announced the appointment of three new advisers and a...

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

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

Life changes could create new wave of accidental landlords

Changes in personal circumstances rather than investment plans could push more homeowners into the...

Remortgage searches jump 40% as borrowers return after summer

Remortgage activity drove a sharp rise in mortgage searches during September, with Twenty7tec recording...

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