Drawdown

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...

Cautious equity release borrowers switch to drawdown

Equity release adviser Key has reported that third quarter take-up of drawdown plans grew...

Expansion in the equity release market continues

The Equity Release Council has revealed that nearly £11 million of property wealth was unlocked...

Rebrand for Key Retirement Group

Key Retirement Group has rebranded as Key Group. The group aims to be the UK’s...

More 2 Life unveils new lump sum and drawdown products

More 2 Life has introduced two new products to its equity release offering. The lender’s...

Later life lending market to double in a decade

The later life lending market is set to almost double in size over the...

Equity release market records its fastest ever start to a year

The Equity Release Council has reported that the first quarter of 2019 was the...

Responsible Lending offers drawdown financial advice

Responsible Lending has today introduced financial advice on tailored drawdown options across all of...

Record quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has reported a record fourth quarter of 2018, with 82,791...

Over £1bn in equity released in a single quarter for first time

The latest quarterly lending figures from the Equity Release Council have revealed that homeowners...

More 2 Life adds drawdown option to Capital Choice Plan

More 2 Life is adding a drawdown facility to its Capital Choice Plan, allowing customers...

One-third of adults in drawdown have never invested before

32% of people using drawdown to fund their retirement have no investment experience, yet...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

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...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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