Equity Release

Call for easy mortgage to equity release transition

Lenders need to focus plans for equity release innovation on schemes enabling customers to...

London equity release loans up 12%

Homeowners in London have released an average of almost £150,000 from their properties to...

Interest-only fuelling equity release rise

Key Retirement has reported a significant increase in sales of lump sum equity release...

OneFamily’s lifetime mortgages launch

OneFamily has revealed that the two new lifetime mortgage products announced last month have now gone...

New board appointments at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has appointed five new senior industry fugures to its main board...

FSE Manchester reveals seminar schedule

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has published details of its seminar programmes for the event...

L&G cuts lifetime mortgage rates

Legal & General has made cuts in interest rates for its lifetime mortgage products. There is...

Bower Retirement Services strengthens management team

Equity release specialist Bower Retirement Services has appointed Hannah Gray as head of operations. She will...

Drawdown popularity continues to increase market share

The total value of equity release lending grew by 21% in the first quarter...

LLA and ERC members to benefit from new sourcing tool

A new sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending products being launched in...

Mike Rogers to stand down as LV= chief exec

Mike Rogers has told the board of LV= that he intends to step down as...

OneFamily reveals lifetime product details

OneFamily, which earlier this week announced its intention to enter the lifetime mortgage market...

FCA allows affordability waiver for lifetime mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided allow lifetime mortgage lenders to apply for...

Higher property values for equity release referral customers

Customers referred to specialist equity release brokers by other advisers have significantly higher house...
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Profile

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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Building Societies

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...
Buy-to-let

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...
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TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...
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HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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