Later Life

Spring Statement 2025: a market underwhelmed and disappointed

Surprise surprise: the mortgage market, the problem child for the government, has been overlooked...

Air maintains top-ranking status for product and criteria sourcing

Air continues to be a leading intermediary services brand in the later life lending...

LiveMore unveils trio of new hires

LiveMore has made three new appointments as it grows its presence in the later...

Awareness of later life lending innovation grows, but advisers seek more support

Advisers are increasingly aware of product innovation in the later life lending market, but...

Standard Life Home Finance improves Horizon lifetime mortgage criteria

Standard Life Home Finance has made a series of changes to the criteria on...

More2life unveils Tailored Interest Reward lifetime mortgage

More2life has launched its latest lifetime mortgage, Tailored Interest Reward, designed to provide later...

Mortgage advisers failing over-50s on later life lending, Key warns

Mortgage advisers are not doing enough to support over-50s with later life lending options,...

Advice Guru partners with Pure Retirement to support broker education

Financial adviser learning platform Advice Guru has announced a new sponsorship partnership with Pure...

Pure Retirement unveils adviser guide to better lifetime mortgage understanding

Pure Retirement has launched a new guide aimed at improving adviser knowledge of the...

LiveMore appoints head of people

LiveMore has appointed Charly Marks to the role of head of people. Marks (pictured) joins...

Advisers predict rise in later life lending enquiries as confidence grows

54% of financial advisers expect an increase in enquiries about later life lending over...

Gen X workers ‘power down’ careers as retirement approaches

A new consumer insight programme from Just Group and GenXpert reveals that Generation X...

MBE North 2025 outlines seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published its seminar programme for MBE North 2025, taking...

LiveMore appoints Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages

LiveMore has appointed Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages as it continues to...

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Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

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RICS survey points to further slowdown as landlords exit and sales activity eases

The August 2025 RICS Residential Market Survey has revealed a further weakening in sales...

TPFG helps generate 12,800 mortgages in first half of 2025

Estate agent network The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor,...

Revealed: Where buyers can still find homes under £150,000

Just 12% of homes for sale across Great Britain are priced below £150,000 new...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of...