Later Life

Record number of older homeowners turn to equity release

Older homeowners accessing the value held in their homes via lifetime mortgages and other...

Pure Retirement appoints new CTO

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Leslie Baker as its new chief technological...

Incorrect to see equity release always as ‘product of last resort’

Retirement aspirations and financial planning drives almost half of equity release customer choices, according...

Mortgage accessibility gulf between old and young

The latest Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) Affordability Index has found that mortgage customers over...

The equity release benefits of multi-disciplinary support

While there is no doubt that surveyors and lawyers provide a valuable service for...

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...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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