Later Life

Mortgage Advice Bureau launches later life operation

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has unveiled Mortgage Advice Bureau Later Life (MAB Later Life),...

LV= launches direct channel with Age Partnership

LV= has announced a new agreement to advise customers contacting them directly about taking...

Answering the questions to a successful retirement

Many lifestyle counsellors will try to encourage their followers to stop believing that life...

Over 8m over-50s doubt they have enough for retirement

Research from over 50s finance provider SunLife suggests that more than seven million over-50s...

525 whole of market plan options now on equity release market

There has been a new equity release product launched every 28 hours so far...

Criteria searches show effects of Covid-19

Knowledge Bank saw ‘Temporary Maximum LTV Restrictions’ as the leading broker search last month;...

David Landen becomes new Hodge CEO

David Landen has been appointed as Hodge’s new chief executive oficer, with immediate effect. ...

Pure Retirement unveils September webinar series

Pure Retirement is launching a series of 'Pure Back to School' adviser webinars. They featuring...

Gender pensions gap investigated

When life expectancy is taken into account, the basic ‘gender pensions gap’ could be...

LMS teams up with RIO mortgage provider

Conveyancing solutions provider, LMS, has partnered with LiveMore Capital to facilitate legal services for...

Moneyfacts appoints equity release advice partner

Price comparison website Moneyfacts.co.uk has appointed HUB Financial Solutions to provide equity release advice...

Pure Retirement expands classic range distribution

Pure Retirement has made its Classic Lifetime Mortgage range available to a wider section...

Inaugural Air Care month begins

Air Group has announced the launch of its inaugural ‘Air Care Month’ during September, sponsored...

Over-65s ‘earn’ £6,000 in a year from homes

Analysis from equity release adviser Key has shown that over-65s saw their property wealth...

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

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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