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Midlife career rut risking rush to early retirement

Midlifers are ‘stuck’ feeling underprepared and unequipped to make beneficial career moves which could...

Unconventional borrowing solutions top Q1 broker priorities

TMA Club has revealed that the top three queries its Broker Support Desk assisted...

Cost of living crisis impacting those in and nearing retirement

As the number of working-age people in early retirement hits a record low of...

SimplyBiz’s Consumer Duty webinar programme receives over 3,000 bookings

SimplyBiz has announced an extension to its series of Consumer Duty webinars, which has...

Alternative Bridging Corporation bolsters London sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added its its sales team for London & South East,...

Groundsure to offer climate risk training with Legal Eye

Groundsure is entering into a training partnership to deliver certification content with compliance services...

Two new appointments for Clever Lending

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has announced the appointment of...

Conveyancing Association reveals details for 2024 Conference & Dinner

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the date and venue for its next Annual...

CPSP qualification officially launches for bridging industry

The Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) has now launched, following a joint...

Spring Finance makes application processing improvements

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced enhancements to its application process to reduce the...

CapitalRise provides £7m loan for Marlow development

CapitalRise has provided finance to fund a £7.4m loan for the development of two...

Community-owned bank to adopt LendingMetrics’ platform

Capital Credit Union is adopting the Auto Decision Platform by LendingMetrics to improve its...

The Exeter’s healthcare distribution head joins AMII

Protection and health insurer, the Exeter, has announced that its head of healthcare distribution,...

Equity release could cut English FTB mortgage term by eight years

With 19% of equity release customers using all or part of their funds to...

COMMENT

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

Latest news

New-build asking prices edge higher as regional divide widens

The average asking price of newly instructed new-build homes in Great Britain edged higher...

LGSS targets growth as valuation market becomes more complex

Legal & General Surveying Services is seeking to increase its profile in the mortgage...

Mortgage industry backs alcohol-free MIMHC lunch

An alcohol-free event organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has secured...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life...

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