Later Life

Age Partnership appoints new executive director of partnerships

Darren Dicks has been appointed as executive director of Age Partnership's partnership division. Dicks (pictured), who...

Hodge sees major rise in RIO applications

Hodge has reported a 36% increase in the number of RIO mortgage applications in...

Just Group brings medical underwriting to later life lending

Just Group is offering personalised interest rate and LTV options across its Just For...

The Buckinghamshire expands mortgage product offering

The Buckinghamshire Building Society is launching a series of new mortgage products in response...

Later life divorcees need brokers’ help

Brokers should see an opportunity arising from the rise in the number of people...

Clear gender divide in retirement confidence

There is a gender divide when it comes to retirement confidence, Canada Life has...

PMS Mortgage Club and Key Group launch Later Life Solutions

PMS Mortgage Club has partnered with Key Group to launch Later Life Solutions, a...

Standard Life partners with Key to launch lifetime mortgages

Standard Life has entered into a strategic agreement with Key Group, which will launch...

Covid makes people seek care home alternatives

The Covid-19 pandemic has left millions of people considering alternative long-term care options to...

Equity Release Supermarket expands into new offices

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has relocated its office premises to the North West’s largest...

Financial advice/coaching – are we there yet?

Parents and grandparents will be familiar with the question, “Are we there yet?” Particularly...

10% of over-70s to return to work

One in 10 people aged over 70 are electing to either head back to or...

LGHF launches Premier Lifetime Mortgage to property millionaires

The number of wards in England & Wales with an average house price of...

Aviva joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the appointment of Aviva to its lender...

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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