Later Life

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...

Legal & General Home Finance announces new distribution director

Legal & General Retail has announced the appointment of David Jones as distribution director...

Money more important than health and family to over-50s

Having enough money is more important to the majority of the UK’s over-50s than...

Pure Retirement unveils sub-6% lifetime mortgage product

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has announced new rate of 5.94% MER on its...

Stuart Wilson becomes chairman of Air Club

Following nearly 15 years as CEO of later life lending platform, Air, Stuart Wilson...

Advise Wise adds RIO mortgages to sourcing

Advise Wise has introduced Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgages and holiday let plans to...

David Finlay joins LiveMore Capital

David Finlay has joined LiveMore Capital as an executive consultant and member of the...

Equity release choice wider than before Covid

New analysis from Air, the later life services platform, suggests that while the October...

LiveMore rejoins mortgage market

LiveMore Capital has returned to the mortgage sector, having temporarily suspended its products due...

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

Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

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...

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