Later Life

TMA adds Pure Retirement to later life panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of lifetime mortgage lender, Pure Retirement, to its...

Government should incentivise healthier lifestyles to avoid pension crisis

A new report has called on the government to focus on incentivising healthier lifestyles...

OneFamily backs #10000BlackInterns

OneFamily is supporting a campaign aimed at transforming the prospects of young black people...

More2life creates operations director position

Equity release lender, more2life, has created a new director of operations role and promoted...

Financial implications of kids returning home revealed

35% of grown up children have returned to the family home,= since the beginning...

Gender pension gap narrows

Scottish Widows’ latest Women and Retirement Report has found that the gender pension gap...

Air Group provides equity release service level reporting

Air Group has introduced its first equity release provider ‘Temperature Check’ focusing on a...

85% of self-employed don’t save into a private pension

Multiple job holders face substantial barriers to saving, leading to a private pension pot...

Hodge study aims to understands family finance complexity

Hodge has written a white paper to help intermediaries understand intergenerational finances to mark...

Scottish Widows to divest £440m over ESG standards

Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440 million from companies that have failed...

The changing nature of making Christmas plans

‘The family can come to us next year – it’s our turn’. Or ‘We’ll...

Knowledge Bank: people desperate to get on the property ladder

Knowledge Bank has revealed the details of the leading criteria searches made on its...

The Newcastle selects Key Group for referrals

Key Group has agreed a referral partnership with Newcastle Building Society. The building society...

Air Group launches on-demand adviser event

Later life specialist, Air Group, has launched ‘On Air’, an on-demand event for advisers...

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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