Later Life

How long will you live?

You have to be very careful how data is presented. I recently saw a social...

The Ipswich to incorporate later life into standard mortgage range

The Ipswich Building Society has decided to no longer be operating ‘later life’ mortgages aimed...

Canada Life cuts lifetime mortgage rates

Canada Life has made rate reductions of 0.20% AER to its range of Capital...

FCA to expand Pension Wise requirements for providers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new rules to require pension providers to,...

Iress and more2life unveil “real-time” equity release KFIs

Iress and more2life have built upon their existing their integration to allow advisers to...

My Care Consultant provides customer-facing adviser guide with Pure Retirement

Pure Retirement has supported My Care Consultant’s Care Box platform through its sponsorship of...

LiveMore Capital partners with L&C Mortgages

LiveMore Capital has expanded its distribution with its launch with L&C Mortgages. LiveMore Capital provides Retirement...

more2life unveils 58% LTV lifetime mortgage

More2life has unveiled what it says it the highest LTV product in the lifetime...

Key Group appoints national provider account manager

Key Group has appointed Sarah Hughes to the new position of national provider account...

Equity Release Council expands standards board membership 

Three directors have been reappointed to the Equity Release Council's main board and members also...

11% of adults plan to use home to fund retirement

50% of consumers aged 55-74 would expect any property they own to be taken...

Equity Release Council launches Legal Forum

The Equity Release Council has introduced a new Legal Forum, designed to champion the...

Advise Wise unveils dynamic equity release factfind

Advise Wise has introduced a customisable equity release factfind on its platform. The factfind is...

Over-65s’ property wealth continues to increase

The Stamp Duty holiday and Budget measures to help first-time buyers are the key...

COMMENT

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

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...

Latest news

TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

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