Equity Release

Chancellor urged to shine a light on retirement lending

More 2 Life is calling on Philip Hammond to  focus on equity release in...

Average home sale would pay for seven years’ care

The latest Care Index from Partnership has found that 53% of over-45s agree that...

AIR Sourcing partners with PTFS

AIR Sourcing has embarked upon a new relationship with Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS). The...

Two-thirds of advisers back equity release qualification plan

67% of advisers are supportive of the FCA’s plans to introduce a new standalone...

Equity release market predicted to hit £5bn by 2020

The equity release market will “comfortably be a £5bn market by 2020,” brokers Financial Services...

Record equity release lending figures

The total value of equity release lending grew by 26% year-on-year to a new...

Openwork reaches £8bn in lending

Openwork has reported over £8bn in mortgage completions up to the end of the...

Key Retirement appoints deputy CEO

Key Retirement Group has promoted Simon Thompson to the newly-created position of deputy CEO. Thompson...

Bower launches equity release training academy

Bower Retirement has unveiled an equity release training academy to support new recruits as it...

Lifetime rates at record lows

Lifetime mortgage rates have fallen to new record lows following reductions in government bond...

Equity release market on track for new all-time high

Retired homeowners have been withdrawing over £6.8 million of property wealth a day, according to new...

Retirement specialist seeks to create 100 new jobs

Age Partnership is aiming to attract over 100 new recruits to its team over...

Key Partnerships to hold October seminars

Key Partnerships is expanding its support for IFAs and mortgage brokers with a number of seminars...

Ticking time bomb for interest-only borrowers

27% of all interest-only mortgage holders may not be able to pay back their...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...
News

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...
Technology

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...
News

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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