Later Life

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...

PRS growing in importance for older tenants

A new report from Paragon has found that retiree renters and those in upper-middle...

2020 retirees supporting families with £3,700 a year

New research from later life lending adviser Key has found that 34% of those...

SimplyBiz Mortgages appoints equity release referral partner

SimplyBiz Mortgages is expanding on its relationship with Key Partnerships, which sees the later...

Pure Retirement introduces new repayment calculators

Pure Retirement has launched new equity release repayment calculators as part of a range...

Large fall in numbers expecting to work beyond state pension age

Canada Life has reported that the number of workers expecting to work beyond state...

Network to hold virtual national training event

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is to hold its first Virtual National Training...

Q3 agreed equity release plans up 41%

The Equity Release Council has revealed that the number of new equity release plans...

LV= to hold CPD-qualifying equity release underwriting webinar

LV= is hosting a CPD-qualifying equity release underwriting seminar to show to advisers how...

Hodge appoints customer experience head

John Connolly has been appointed as Hodge’s new head of customer experience. He will lead...

£123bn in housing equity available to release in South East

There was a quarterly increase of £100bn in equity available for release in UK...

Paradigm appoints over-55s provider to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Service has added retirement interest only (RIO) mortgage lender, LiveMore Capital, to...

Pure Retirement introduces servicing sub-brand

Later life lending provider Pure Retirement has launched its Pure Servicing Solutions equity release...
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You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

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...

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Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

More than a third of Britons want to improve the energy efficiency of their...
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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...
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Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...
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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...

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