Later Life

RIO mortgages an “outright failure”, says later life provider

Retirement Interest Only Mortgages (RIOs) account for just one in 740 mortgages, according to...

The later life market has reacted well to the pandemic

So, Lockdown 2 in England is now underway, while by the time you read...

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...

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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