Later Life

Public doesn’t understand ‘no negative equity’ promise

Research suggests that awareness and education about equity release needs to improve further. An Age Partnership...

Dynamo for Intermediaries expands panel

Dynamo for Intermediaries has added Hodge to its lender panel. Members of Dynamo for Intermediaries...

Sharp fall in Q2 equity release volumes

The Equity Release Council has revealed that £698m of property wealth was accessed by older homeowners...

Retirement finances of comfortable households less hit by Covid

LV= has studied how the finances of the UK’s households have been affected by...

Pepper (UK) to service new later life lender

Pepper (UK) Limited has been appointed by later life mortgage lender LiveMore Capital to...

Care funding squeeze turns spotlight on property

Over-55s are more concerned than ever about how they would meet the costs of...

Covid-19: quarter of over-50s’ retirement plans dented

18% of people aged 50 and over say that the Covid-19 pandemic has already...

Advise Wise appoints head of distribution

Advise Wise has announced the appointment of Craig Faulkiner as its head of distribution. Faulkiner...

MBE confirms October date for physical London event

Mortgage Business Expo has confirmed that it will return to London as planned, following...

Canada Life cuts Capital Select and Lifetime Options rates

Canada Life has made rate reductions to all its Capital Select Options of between...

Covid: short-term fall in borrowing by the over-55s expected

New research from more2life and Cebr has found that over-55s are expected to borrow £19bn...

Advise Wise unveils exclusive membership programme

Advise Wise has launched Advise Wise Plus, an exclusive membership for select later life...

More2life resumes application-to-offer service promise

More2life has announced the return of its 14 working day service promise which will...

2.35% MER equity release rate unveiled

Pure Retirement has made changes to the rates on its Sovereign products, resulting in...
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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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