Equity Release

29% year-on-year growth for equity release market

The total value of equity release lending reached £1.38bn in 2014, according to the...

Key Retirement to offer retirement options proposition

In February Key Retirement will introduce a new Retirement Options service. This follows a...

The message advisers need to take into battle

The phrase ‘second line of defence’ has been used a lot lately, particularly in...

Bridgewater supports upcoming Equity Release Club events

Bridgewater Equity Release will be in attendance at the forthcoming Equity Release Club training and development...

Pensioners increasingly using unsecured credit

The latest Pensioner Debt Index from the Equity Release Council shows unsecured debt among...

Realities of state pension survival not clear to all

Only 12% of over-40s surveyed by Opinionmatters for Partnership said that they would survive...

New equity release road shows for 2015

The Equity Release Club is to hold a series of training and development road...

Tenet to expand its master class programme

Attendances at Tenet’s 2014 training & development events have risen by over 30% following...

Brokers should offer a more holistic retirement advice service

It would appear that Chancellor George Osborne has spent the last couple of years...

FCA publishes annuities sale findings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its thematic review into...

Major improvement in over-55’s finances

Britain’s over-55s have seen their income jump by 21%, and their total savings typically...

Many MPs sceptical of State Pension’s future

Research conducted by YouGov on behalf of workplace pensions provider NOW: Pensions reveals that...

Lasting Powers of Attorney “essential for equity release”

Reports of recent research conducted by LV= have shown that 48% of all equity...

Need to renovate behind much equity release borrowing

Funding home improvements is the leading reason for people to unlock cash from their...
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COMMENT

Comment

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,...

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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Regulation

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...
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One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...
Compliance

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...
Building Societies

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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