Equity Release

The only game in town?

Anyone working within the equity release sector has always understood the strong underlying demand...

Rise in downsizing enquiries to release equity

Bower Retirement Services has claimed that around one in five clients have looked into downsizing their house...

MBE London announces seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced the series of seminars it will be holding...

L&G hires retirement market chief

Legal & General has appointed Andy Humphreys as its marketing director for individual retirement....

“Clear and growing demand” to access home property wealth

41% of homeowners approaching retirement are now banking on their property wealth as part...

L&G doubles its lifetime mortgage target

Legal & General has doubled its target for lifetime mortgages and now expect to...

Key Retirement grows market share

Key Retirement has reported that its market share within the equity release sector has...

Pension freedoms haven’t hit equity release

There were many commentators who suggested the new pension freedoms would sound the death...

Demand for ability to borrow in retirement

29% of over-55s expect to be in debt in retirement or are unsure whether...

Record quarterly amount for equity release lending

Industry figures from the Equity Release Council released today show that equity release lending...

More product choice needed to meet interest-only shortfalls

43% of advisers want to see more innovation on equity release lenders plans suitable...

Just Retirement adopts Vizolution’s vScreen

Just Retirement has deployed vScreen from Vizolution following a trial. vScreen is a...

Double-digit growth for equity release market

Retired homeowners released over £750 million of property equity in the first six months...

Budget consequences will run and run

If Chancellor George Osborne wanted to get the nation talking over the summer period...
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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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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...
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