Later Life

£15bn rise in amount of property equity for release

Canada Life has revealed that over £600 billion of equity was available for release...

Advise Wise offers new member resources

Advise Wise has introduced a new digital resources collection for its members, accessible from...

Jon Tweed takes permanent position at Air Group

Air Group has announced the appointment of Jon Tweed as its new group distribution...

LSL makes investment in life and pensions firm

LSL Property Services has announced its investment in Direct Life & Pension Services. Direct Life...

Advise Wise introduces webinar series with Equity Release Council

Advise Wise has unveiled a new live webinar series in partnership with the Equity...

more2life partners With PRIMIS 

Lifetime mortgage provider, more2life, has announced the launch of a new partnership with PRIMIS...

Busy end to 2020 for later life lending market

The Equity Release Council has released market figures for Q4 2020. Annual lending to new...

Coronavirus disrupting retirement plans

Over 154,000 people aged 55-64 have decided upon early retirement because of redundancy and...

PRIMIS launches equity release panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has unveiled an equity release panel which it says will be...

LLA secures LIBF accreditation

The learning programme of the Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has now been fully...

Equity release market ends year on a high

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that over £3.4 billion in property wealth was...

Mortgage Magic adds equity release module

CRM and mortgage management system, Mortgage Magic, is to add a free equity release...

Just Group added to Brilliant’s lifetime panel

Just Group is joining the Brilliant Solutions lifetime mortgage panel, with its whole lifetime mortgage...

Pure Retirement introduces Classic Range direct debit facility

Pure Retirement has launched an option for customers to self-manage their accounts as needed post-completion. The...

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...

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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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