Later Life

Stamp Duty holiday gives over-65s a boost to property wealth

Over-65s saw their property wealth rise by more than £800 a month over the...

Dudley BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Dudley Building Society to its lender panel. Dudley Building...

Advisers should see Free Wills Month as an opportunity

October is Free Wills Month, and Stephen Moses, from digital estate planning platform Zenplans,...

Equilaw appoints new MD

Equilaw has appointed Max Hayden as its new managing director. Claire Barker, the existing managing...

HLPartnership grows external compliance team

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Norman Jackson to the role of regional compliance...

Growth in later life landlord buy-to-let acquisitions

Paragon Bank has revealed that the number of buy-to-let acquisitions made by later life...

Advise Wise unveils product comparison feature

Advise Wise has launched a product comparison feature on its later life platform. The feature...

Criterion to act as equity release API standards custodian

Criterion, a not-for-profit standards and governance services body, has taken on the stewardship of...

Pure Retirement publishes brand report for over-50s market

Pure Retirement has unveiled a report on Effective Brand Positioning Today for the over...

Regional disparities in use of equity release for house purchase

South West England, South East England and London are currently accounting for 46% of...

The Nottingham reduces RIO rates and improves LTVs

The Nottingham has made rate cuts to its three retirement interest-only (RIO) products. It has...

Lifetime mortgage switching slows

There has been a dramatic slowing up in the pace of lifetime mortgage switching...

Pure Retirement unveils lifetime mortgage range with flexible repayment options

Pure Retirement has launched its Emerald range, a new suite of lifetime mortgages designed...

Millions to retire later than planned due to pandemic

New research from OneFamily shows that three million over-50s are to retire later than...
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COMMENT

Cover

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

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Cover

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...
News

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...
criteria

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...
Protection

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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