Later Life

Equity Release Council builds risk, policy & compliance team

The Equity Release Council has created a risk, policy and compliance team and made...

Women’s retirement finances more adversely hit by divorce

Women are likely to see their household incomes fall by a third in the...

Stamp Duty holiday boosts over-65s’ property wealth

Over 2020, the property wealth of the over-65s in the UK increased by more...

More2life targets high value property owners with new product

More2life has launched its latest lifetime mortgage, Capital Choice Ultra Lite. The product will be...

Majority of 18-34-year olds expect to be working at 70

56% of 18-34-year old’s expect to work until they are at least 70, according...

The Ipswich predicts ‘family focussed’ mortgage lending

 in 2021 The Ipswich Building Society is predicting that mortgage lending will become more "family-centric"...

LV= acquired by private equity firm

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital,...

LiveMore Capital appoints sales account manager

LiveMore has announced the appointment of Margarita Genovesa as sales account manager. She will support...

Advisers optimistic about 2021 equity release market

72% of advisers believe the value of the equity release market to grow in...

Mortgage brokers responsible for bulk of equity release referral market

Mortgage intermediaries account for 56% of the equity release introducer market, according to the...

More2life partners with Brilliant Solutions

More2life has unveiled a new exclusive partnership with Brilliant Solutions where the club's members...

Equity Release Council creates adviser best practice guide

The Equity Release Council has introduced a Best Practice Guide to sit alongside its...

LiveMore Capital now on Criteria Hub

Later life provider  LiveMore Capital has become the latest lender to join Criteria Hub. There...

More2life joins MCI later life panel

MCI mortgage club has announced that more2life has become the sixth lender to join...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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