Later Life

Network to hold virtual national training event

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is to hold its first Virtual National Training...

Q3 agreed equity release plans up 41%

The Equity Release Council has revealed that the number of new equity release plans...

LV= to hold CPD-qualifying equity release underwriting webinar

LV= is hosting a CPD-qualifying equity release underwriting seminar to show to advisers how...

Hodge appoints customer experience head

John Connolly has been appointed as Hodge’s new head of customer experience. He will lead...

£123bn in housing equity available to release in South East

There was a quarterly increase of £100bn in equity available for release in UK...

Paradigm appoints over-55s provider to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Service has added retirement interest only (RIO) mortgage lender, LiveMore Capital, to...

Pure Retirement introduces servicing sub-brand

Later life lending provider Pure Retirement has launched its Pure Servicing Solutions equity release...

Advise Wise adds Street View and Maps functionality

Advise Wise has integrated Google Street View and Google Map into the Advise Wise...

Record month for anti-money-laundering specialist

SmartSearch has reported its best ever month in September, with record revenues, record profits...

Dealing with the rise in later life borrowers seeking second opinions

There are many ways to judge a maturity of a mortgage/lending-sector and there are...

Aviva launches new ‘Mid-Life MOT’ app

53% of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to...

30% of older women think Covid will cause personal debt rise

New research has found that 33% of women aged over 54 who have taken...

Key Group creates new director role

Key Group has promoted Caroline Righton, formerly head of commercial finance for more2life, to...

TMA expands later life lending proposition

TMA Club has added Access Equity Release and Knight Frank Finance as equity release referral...

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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