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Later life lending customer needs “have forever changed”

Last week, later life lending platform, Air, hosted its Comprehensive Conversations Roundtable. The roundtable featured...

Key: reasons to be cheerful for equity release market

Increased product innovation in the equity release market, combined with expected base rate cuts...

Equity release market returns to growth

The Equity Release Council has reported that the equity release market has seen growth...

Q3 sees record number of new equity release plans

The Equity Release Council (ERC) has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out a...

Finova Broker CRM integrates with Air Sourcing

Finova has announced that its Broker CRM is the first to integrate with Air...

Demand for equity release has recovered strongly from Covid

The Equity Release Council has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out 12,485 new...

TMA Club teams up with Standard Life Home Finance

TMA Club has launched a new partnership with Standard Life Home Finance, bringing its...

Key: £4bn equity release market record on the horizon

Equity release adviser Key has reveal that the equity release market is on course...

Slight quarterly rise in equity release borrowing

The Equity Release Council has reported that over-55 homeowners accessed £1.17bn of property wealth...

Product flexibility continues to increase in equity release market

Key Partnerships has revealed that the number of equity release products has reached a...

Pure Retirement offers 40% annual repayments ERC-free

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 40 product, offering customers the ability...

Strong first quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that £1.06bn of property wealth was accessed via equity...

Year-on-year fall for equity release

Latest data from Key has revealed that retired homeowners released more than £3.4 billion...

New equity release product “launched every 48 hours”

Advisers and their customers now have over 314 equity release plan options – an...

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Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Autonomous AI is waiting for us

The UK rightly prides itself on having one of the most respected financial services sectors in the world but even strong markets benefit from...

TOM BILL: Rate cut expectations fade amid mixed signals

Borrowing costs have risen in recent weeks for reasons that include stronger-than-expected UK economic data and tempering the outlook for cheaper mortgages. However, an uncertain...

Think you know CeMAP? Maybe it’s time to think again

Anyone who wants to work as a mortgage adviser in the UK needs to hold qualifications that are recognised by the FCA and, for...

Second charge mortgages set for another strong year in 2026

A few weeks into 2026, the direction of travel for the second charge mortgage market is already clear. Momentum has carried over from last...

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Accounts manager jailed after £767k theft from Newcastle panel management firm

A senior employee at Newcastle-based Pure Panel Management has been jailed after embezzling more...

Cambridge BS opens new funding round for local housing and homelessness projects

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Community Fund, continuing its commitment...

Assetz Capital expands development finance offering

Assetz Capital has updated its development finance proposition to allow planning gain and residual...

MIMHC offers free mental health first aid training

The mortgage and property finance sector is rolling out a series of free mental...

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