Later Life

Hodge continues ambassadorial role for LLA

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced a continuation of its relationship with later...

Hodge cuts all 60% LTV RIO mortgage rates

Retirement lender Hodge has reduced its rates on a selection of its later life mortgages...

Covid-19 causing over-60s to rethink care plans

Canada Life has reported that 55% of the million over-60s who say they are...

Equity release customer numbers fell 27% in Q2

The latest Market Monitor from Key has found that while homeowners aged 55+ released...

Just unveils “UK’s first” green lifetime mortgage

Just Group has added a new feature – a green lifetime mortgage – as...

In a world of ‘know nothing’ make sure you ‘know something’

In the late 1960s one of my favourite TV comedy programmes was Hogan’s Heroes....

Unsecured loan for later life borrowers unveiled

A new over-55s brand, Free2, has launched its first product, an unsecured loan which...

Hodge pleased with CPD-accredited webinar take-up

Hodge has revealed that over 100 intermediaries attended each of the six CPD-accredited webinars held...

FUNDING LATER LIFE

Equity release borrowing has been booming in recent years and is not expected to...

RESPONSIBLE LENDING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

How can advisers support older customers through responsible lending during Covid-19? While everyone – often...

Impact Specialist Finance and UTB complete bridge for later life borrowers

Specialist broker and distributor, Impact Specialist Finance, and United Trust Bank (UTB) have completed on...

It’s vital to have access to all the options

With a mini-Budget or a non-Budget ‘Budget’ on its way imminently, the industry has...

THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY

Like every other industry, the later life lending sector has recently found itself having...

HELP IS AT HAND

The recent Later Life Lending report from BestAdvice found that marketing, time, regulation and...

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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