Later Life

Pure Retirement joins Brilliant panel

Mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions, has announced the addition of lifetime...

Retirement advice provides large consumer confidence boost

LV='s latest Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor has found that many people are confused and disengaged when...

Phoebus and Pure Retirement extend partnership

Pure Retirement and Phoebus Software Limited have agreed a new contract. The equity release provider...

Key Partnerships hires sales ops manager

Equity release referral firm Key Partnerships has appointed Thomas Lowcock as sales operations manager,...

OneFamily teams up with Brilliant Solutions

OneFamily has joined mortgage club Brilliant Solutions’ later life panel. The lifetime mortgage provider's flexible...

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...

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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