Later Life

FRONT & CENTRE

Improving consumer understanding and dealing with issues around vulnerability are critical if the later...

More2life launches first stage of Iress integration

Iress has unveiled the first part of an integration with the more2life API (application...

Equity release demand could rise from interest-only ‘crunch’

An ‘interest-only mortgage crunch’ could see a wave of over-55s looking to equity release...

Equity Release Council updates adviser checklist

The Equity Release Council has made an update to a key safeguard that highlights...

Iress and Pure Retirement team up for integration

Pure Retirement has partnered with Iress to create a streamlined sourcing-to-application journey for advisers...

BestAdvice holds later life lending roundtable

BestAdvice recently held a virtual roundtable, following the publication of its Later Life Lending...

Key Partnerships agrees referral deal with Tenet Group

Equity release referral service, Key Partnerships, has announced a new referral partnership with the...

Advise Wise unveils new tree planting initiative

Advise Wise is launching an eco-friendly initiative where a tree is planted for every...

Hodge improves conveyancing options

Hodge has appointed ULS Technology as its solicitor panel management service provider. It has 91...

FCA calls for equity release advise improvements

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released the finding of its review to equity...

SimplyBiz Group introduces vulnerable clients support hub

The SimplyBiz Group has launched a range of online resources to help its member...

Equity release priorities follow size of borrowing

Analysis by advisory firm HUB Financial Solutions found that nearly two-thirds of the funds...

Research highlights changing working practices

56% of later life lending advisers think there will be a greater reliance on...

Advisers are reviewing vulnerability policies

Key Partnerships has revealed that IFAs and brokers are enhancing protection for older customers...

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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