Later Life

Age Partnership to encourage digital documentation with tree-planting

Equity release broker, Age Partnership, is to plant a tree on behalf of every...

Pensions industry “needs fundamental change”

71% of people say they are interested in their pension pot, according to new...

Air Group to hold conference at National Space Centre

Air Group has revealed that its National Later Life Adviser Conference – 'Later Life...

Five banned and fined for pension losses

The FCA has banned five directors of financial advice firms from working in financial...

New member for Equity Release Council

Risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory company WTW (formerly Willis Towers Watson) has joined...

New leader at the helm of Equity Release Associates

Sara Robinson, director of adviser services at Equity Release Associates (ERA), is to take...

Getting to grips with vulnerability

As we all know there is, quite rightly, a huge focus on vulnerable customers...

Almost £800bn in property equity available for release

Canada Life has calculated that nearly £800 billion of equity was available for release...

Air Sourcing integrates Just Adviser Portal

Air Group has launched the Just API link on its Air Sourcing platform. Air Group...

Later Life Lending Network offers two new deals

The Later Life Lending Network is now offering access to both the more2life Flexi...

LiveMore creates four-tier structure to product range

LiveMore Capital has revised its entire product range for borrowers aged 50 to 90+. Instead...

Record figures for the equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that the number of new and returning equity...

Trussle: longer mortgages set to eat into pensions

The next generation of homeowners may well be paying off their mortgages into retirement,...

Pure Retirement appoints CFO

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Eleanor Thornhill as its new chief financial...

COMMENT

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

The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

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