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Drawdown
Responsible Lending offers drawdown financial advice
Responsible Lending has today introduced financial advice on tailored drawdown options across all of...
4 February 2019
Record quarter for equity release market
The Equity Release Council has reported a record fourth quarter of 2018, with 82,791...
24 January 2019
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...
19 October 2018
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...
1 October 2018
One-third of adults in drawdown have never invested before
32% of people using drawdown to fund their retirement have no investment experience, yet...
3 May 2018
Equity release lending more than doubles in two years
The Equity Release Council has reported that first-quarter lending activity in the equity release...
18 April 2018
Pure Retirement introduces Pure Max Range
Pure Retirement has relaunched its Pure Drawdown product range as the Pure Max Range. The...
12 March 2018
Strong growth for enhanced equity release plans
Key Retirement’s Q3 Equity Release Market Monitor shows total property wealth released by new...
29 November 2017
Continued rise in drawdown customers
The Equity Release Council has reported that over-55s withdrew a total of £824 million...
30 October 2017
OneFamily becomes LLA Ambassador
The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced OneFamily as its latest Ambassador. OneFamily offers...
21 June 2017
Record equity release lending figures
The total value of equity release lending grew by 26% year-on-year to a new...
3 November 2016
Equity release lending at highest level for over a decade
The autumn 2016 Equity Release Market Report from the Equity Release Council has reported growth of...
27 September 2016
Advisers don’t want easier access to equity release
Nearly two-thirds of attendees in a seminar focusing on equity release at this year’s...
15 September 2016
Equity release lender reveals Q2 growth
More 2 Life has reported growth in its adviser market share to a total of...
1 August 2016
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COMMENT
Comment
Bank Rate holds, but the pressure is building
The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) last month at 3.75% provides another period of stability for the mortgage market,...
25 August 2026
How are we supporting the next generation of first-time buyers?
With GCSE and A-level results out over the last fortnight, it feels like the right moment to ask a question the industry doesn't spend...
24 August 2026
Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos
In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....
21 August 2026
Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?
Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...
20 August 2026
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...
19 August 2026
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Regions share £10bn allocation for 70,000 affordable homes
More than 70,000 social and affordable homes are to be built across six English...
26 August 2026
Appointments
Amanda Bryden appointed to lead Accord Mortgages
Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Amanda Bryden as director of distribution and incoming managing...
26 August 2026
marketing
TMG backs Rotherham United Women in shirt sponsorship deal
TMG Financial Services has agreed a partnership with Rotherham United Women FC to become...
26 August 2026
Buy-to-let
ModaMortgages adds fixed-fee options to limited-edition range
ModaMortgages has expanded its limited-edition buy-to-let range with new fixed and percentage-based product fee...
25 August 2026
PROFILES
Toni Smith on the human factor and the fourth emergency service
The AI questions the mortgage industry needs to ask – and address
Claire Cherrington on the opportunities ahead for mortgage clubs