Later Life

Advise Wise adds Street View and Maps functionality

Advise Wise has integrated Google Street View and Google Map into the Advise Wise...

Record month for anti-money-laundering specialist

SmartSearch has reported its best ever month in September, with record revenues, record profits...

Dealing with the rise in later life borrowers seeking second opinions

There are many ways to judge a maturity of a mortgage/lending-sector and there are...

Aviva launches new ‘Mid-Life MOT’ app

53% of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to...

30% of older women think Covid will cause personal debt rise

New research has found that 33% of women aged over 54 who have taken...

Key Group creates new director role

Key Group has promoted Caroline Righton, formerly head of commercial finance for more2life, to...

TMA expands later life lending proposition

TMA Club has added Access Equity Release and Knight Frank Finance as equity release referral...

Age Partnership Group appoints network managing director

Age Partnership has appointed Dan Baines as managing director of Equity Release Associates (ERA),...

Pure Retirement launches new servicing resources

Pure Retirement has introduced new customer-facing literature, designed to keep its account holders informed...

Only half of over-55s say their home isn’t suitable for future care

A new report has found that the majority of over 55s believe their current...

New home finance hire for Canada Life

Canada Life has appointed Jon Dunckley to the new role of proposition development manager...

The Later Life Lending Network expands team

The Right Mortgage's equity release proposition, The Later Life Lending Network, has added Adrian...

Canada Life improves equity release offering

Canada Life has made changes to all its Capital Select Options for home finance...

Uncertain journeys

In September 2019, I was on holiday when I received an urgent telephone call....
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COMMENT

Technology

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

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...

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RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed...
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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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