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Later life, including RIO

The later-life lending landscape in the UK has shifted

Later life, including RIO

The later-life lending landscape in the UK has shifted — and with it, the expectations placed on mortgage advisers

When it comes to later-life lending it’s clear that mortgage brokers have a valuable opportunity—and indeed a responsibility—to take a more holistic approach when advising older clients.

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Finding financial fairness: supporting women in later life divorce

It’s often women who feel the financial burden from a later life divorce. How can advisers help women find financial fairness?

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Divorce, Later life, including RIO

Later-life divorce: the underestimated risk to retirement plans

For many couples, the start of a new year brings a moment of reflection. Known as Divorce Day, the first working Monday of the year (5th January) typically sees a surge in divorce enquiries to solicitors across the UK.

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Later life, including RIO

Advanced sourcing tips for Lifetime Mortgages

At L&G, we know that sourcing a lifetime mortgage is about matching your client’s individual needs, future plans, and preferences for flexibility with the most suitable product features.

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Lifetime Mortgages

Leading the Way with Lifetime Mortgages

We’ve launched ‘Leading the Way in Lifetime Mortgages’ — a new campaign spotlighting the real voices of our team and the values that shape everything we do.

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Care Concierge: helping your clients find the right care

Find out about the free guidance and information your clients can receive with our free telephone service, Care Concierge.

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Property wealth to fund divorce costs

Our recent research reveals that one in 10 (11%) couples who divorce after the age of 50 use money from their property.

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Payment Term Lifetime Mortgage: Setting the scene

If you’re looking for a new way to help your 50+ working clients borrow against their home along, our PTLM could be the answer.

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Later life, including RIO

Insights into later life lending

We spoke to Ian Hughes, Head of Lifetime mortgages at Y3S Loans, to discover how he’s making a difference to the lives of his clients through equity release.

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Gifting, First time buyers

Five ways equity release can help first-time buyers

More than half of first-time buyers said raising the funds for a deposit was by far the biggest barrier to homeownership.