Later Life

Covid-19 causes rise in early retirement plans

43% of UK adults aged 55-66 years old have chosen to take an early...

Air appoints new business development consultant

Later life lending platform, Air, has appointed Nicola Palmer as senior business development consultant to...

Female financial confidence growing but major gaps remain

54% of women in the UK consider their financial plans for retirement to be...

Hodge restarts residential mortgage lending

Hodge has re-entered the residential mortgage market for its 50+, RIO and holiday let...

Canada Life reveals top care home alternatives

Research from Canada Life has revealed the top alternatives to care homes for later...

Air relaunches training academy

Recently rebranded Air has now introduced its new-look Air Academy. Its training programme accredited by...

London Rebuilding Society unveils home improvement equity release deal

Not-for-profit enterprise, London Rebuilding Society, has launched a new home improvement equity release product....

Making sense of current statistics

Spend long enough at any industry conference and you will inevitably pick up on...

Rest Less Mortgages launches to 50+ market

Rest Less, a digital membership community for people in their 50s and beyond, has...

Co-op Insurance to offer later life options via L&G

Co-op Insurance has partnered with Legal & General to offer later life mortgage options...

LiveMore partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau

LiveMore is continuing to expand its distribution by partnering with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The...

Pure Retirement expands Heritage range

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has launched a new high LTV product in its...

Air unveils new brand and proposition

Air has revealed its new brand and purpose at its National Later Life Adviser...

Over-55s unsure about their house size

Nearly a third of people aged over 55 feel their home is too big,...

COMMENT

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

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...

Latest news

Wider mortgage options put borrower circumstances in focus on Lenders Live

Borrowers with historic credit problems and smaller deposits have more routes to explore, but...

Christodoulides joins ConveyBuddy as head of distribution

Former NatWest national account manager Luke Christodoulides has joined ConveyBuddy as head of distribution. Christodoulides...

MorganAsh adds BSL translation to customer websites

MorganAsh has introduced British Sign Language translations across its corporate website and itswhoiam.me consumer...

London flat owners face highest risk of resale losses

Nearly four in 10 London flats resold after being held for between five and...

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