Later Life

Northerners see largest relative house price rise

SunLife has revealed that homeowners over 50 typically have almost £130k in property equity. ...

LV= unveils equity release drawdown product and portal

LV= has launched a new platform supporting all its current products and the launch...

Covid-19: rise in financial gifting sentiment

More people wanting to help younger family members financially following the coronavirus crisis. The survey...

Pure Retirement restructures its expanding intermediary sales team

Pure Retirement has announced the expansion of its intermediary sales team. National coverage will be...

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...

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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