Later Life

Equity Release Council to launch later life lending leadership symposium

The Equity Release Council is to launch a new leadership format for its annual...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

Equity Release Group launches adviser network

Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand...

Property wealth set to play bigger role as pension savings fall short

The growing reliance on defined contribution pensions is likely to increase the role of...

Trafford only northern hotspot in growing inheritance tax divide

Trafford is the only northern local authority emerging as a significant inheritance tax hotspot...

Vernon reports rise in later life lending after product refresh

Vernon Building Society has reported a sharp increase in later life lending, with retirement...

Pure Retirement passes 11,000 users on MyPure platform

Pure Retirement says more than 11,000 customers are now registered on its online account...

As leadership battle brews, could later life lending emerge as a defining policy issue?

The runners and riders are anticipating a leadership challenge to unseat Labour’s first Prime...

Equity Release Group reports 11% rise in case volumes

Equity Release Group has reported an 11.1% year-on-year rise in case volumes for the...

OMS renews technology agreement with Complete FS

One Mortgage System has renewed its agreement with Complete FS, extending the specialist distributor’s...

Equity Release Group backs FCA later life lending review

Equity Release Group has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s Later Life Mortgages Market Study,...

Air supports Linear move into later life lending

Air is supporting Linear Financial Solutions as the Primis Mortgage Network firm launches into...

Air to host later life lending growth summit

Air will host a Growth Summit next week to help advisers respond to change...

Equity release lending falls as uncertainty delays completions

Equity release lending fell in the first quarter of 2026 as economic uncertainty and...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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