Later Life

Hodge appoints new chief finance officer

Hodge has announced the appointment of Jan Preece as its chief financial officer. Preece (pictured)...

Here’s to the next 20 years of equity release

More than £32.6 billion of property wealth was released via 557,000 plans over the...

Pure Retirement introduces new mobile app

Pure Retirement has refreshed its mobile app for equity release advisers, designed to improve...

Retirement can be taxing

Many headlines concentrate on the gross return various investments yield. Yet when income is...

Air Group takes H1 temperature check

Air Group has published its third half-year equity release provider ‘Temperature Check’ report, examining a...

New high for UK available housing equity

Nearly £730 billion of equity was available for release in homes in the Uk...

Canada Life offers new repayment options

Canada Life has introduced a new product range, Lifestyle Select Options. These new options will...

Pension gender gap widens to over £180k

New analysis from Cebr and equity release lender, more2life, suggests that when life expectancy...

Ban and fine for pension transfer adviser

The Financial Conduct Authority has published a Decision Notice against Geoffrey Edward Armin of...

We need to focus on holistic advice

When you read a headline which says, ‘Six out of 10 homeowners aged over...

Half of over 50s don’t want an official retirement age

48% of people over the age of 50 think retirement should happen when you’re...

Advisers optimistic about equity release market

Equity release lender, more2life, has found that 94% of advisers are confident about the outlook for...

Key Group appoints corporate business development manager

Key Group has appointed Jonathan Valentine as corporate business development manager to develop new...

Santander extends later life partnership with L&G

Legal & General Home Finance has announced the extension of its five-year partnership with...
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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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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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