Equity Release

Equity release advisers estimate 20% over value homes

Bower Retirement Services research has suggested that up to one in five equity release...

Why 2015 gave us food for thought

How might we describe the 2015 mortgage market when we come to look back...

Downsizing now an expensive option for many

The average equity release customer has lived in their home for 21.8 years before...

OneSavings Bank hires sales chief

OneSavings Bank has announced the appointment of Adrian Moloney as its new sales director...

Property before pensions for one in three

31% of over-55s say they would prefer to use property wealth to fund retirement...

Over-55 homeowners greatly underestimating property wealth

60% of older homeowners have not had their house valued since they first bought...

20% lending growth for Key Retirement

Equity release specialist Key Retirement advised on over one in three equity release plans...

Chris Prior joins Bower Retirement Services

National equity release adviser Bower Retirement Services has appointed Chris Prior as its partnerships...

More 2 Life anticipates continued expansion

More 2 Life has expanded its headcount by 30% over the last 12 months...

Bower boosts its Partnerships offering

Bower Retirement Services is expanding its referral service to help introducers grow their business with...

Total equity released in past three months rose 19%

Key Retirement has revealed that pensioners are boosting their retirement income by an average...

OneSavings Bank on track to meet targets

OneSavings Bank, the specialist lending and retail savings group, has reported growth in net...

Advisers want interest-only innovation

30% of equity release advisers want product development to focus on interest-only mortgages –...

Largest quarterly rise in equity release lending for 11 years

Equity release lending in the third quarter of the year rose by £68.3m compared...

COMMENT

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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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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...

MorganAsh urges financial services firms to improve support for unpaid carers

MorganAsh has backed a new Carers UK blueprint aimed at building more carer-friendly communities,...

Family BS strengthens intermediary team with BDM appointment

Family Building Society has appointed Sam Byrne as business development manager for the northern...

Buckinghamshire cuts rates across credit repair ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced selected rates across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore...

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