Equity Release

More over-55s expect to take debt into retirement

More 2 Life has found that 40% of Britons over the age of 55 will still...

More 2 Life supports FCA training move

Equity release lender More 2 Life has welcomed the recent move by the Financial...

Bower Retirement Services rebrands

National specialist adviser Bower Retirement Services has changed its name to Bower Retirement. The adviser firm, founded...

Call for equity release conveyancer expansion

Key Retirement is calling for more conveyancing firms to provide specialist equity release services...

OneFamily lifetime mortgage distribution widened

Sesame and PMS have added OneFamily to their lender panels. OneFamily's range of lifetime mortgages available...

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...
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COMMENT

Comment

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

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