Equity Release

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...

New entrant to lifetime mortgage market revealed

OneFamily, the mutual which came from the merger of Family Investments and Engage, has...

All stands sold for the Leeds MBE

The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that all the stands have been sold...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils Later Life Lending Hub 

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the launch of a Later Life Lending Hub. It...

Record lending for More 2 Life

Lifetime mortgage provider More 2 Life recording a record year for its lending in 2015. Total applications...

£63bn spent on property without mortgages

Over 7,200 £1 million-plus homes are being bought each year without mortgages, according to analysis from Bower...
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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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Specialist lenders drive semi-commercial market towards £1bn

Britain's semi-commercial mortgage market is on course to exceed £1 billion of annual lending...
Later Life

Equity Release Council names John Godfrey as chair

John Godfrey, the former head of the No 10 policy unit, has been appointed...
Building Societies

Monmouthshire app brings in new generation of customers

Seven in 10 customers registered for Monmouthshire Building Society's app had not previously banked...
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Clydesdale to raise selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale is to increase selected residential product transfer rates by up to 0.23%. The changes...

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