Equity Release

Retirees not valuing advice

Retirees may not take up the offer of guidance announced in the Budget, according...

Saga joins Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council (The Council) has announced that Saga, the over-50s insurer and...

LV= updates equity release lending policy

LV= has launched an enhanced equity release lending policy document for advisers. The policy document...

New Product Ambassador for Later Life Academy

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD)...

Education still key for equity release sector

For many years the equity release sector has had to fight a number of...

Aegon introduces new retirement tool

A new report on the UK’s readiness for retirement by pensions and savings provider...

Pure Retirement offers new lifetime mortgage

Equity release provider Pure Retirement has unveiled its second new product, the ‘Pure Lump...

Bridgewater heads to Plymouth

Bridgewater Equity Release is to hold its next roundtable adviser workshop on 17 June...

LV= establishes new R&D team

LV= has created a dedicated research and development team to develop new products and...

SimplyBiz Mortgages goes back on the road

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced its next series of specialist masterclasses. The events will be...

Bournemouth next destination for Bridgewater

Bridgewater Equity Release is to hold its next free half-day Masterclass event in Bournemouth...

Major lack of readiness for retirement

Only 7% of the UK population is close to being ready for the retirement...

Huge scope for an increase in equity release business

The latest figures from the Equity Release Council reveal that the resurgence in the...

New member for the CML

Hodge Lifetime has become a member of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The firm,...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Conveyancing fees tick up in Q1 but remain flat over past 12 months

The cost of conveyancing services rose modestly in the first quarter of 2026, although...
Building Societies

Bath BS introduces valuation engine to speed up mortgage decisions

Bath Building Society has launched a new property decisioning engine aimed at cutting delays...
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LSL to stage first protection-only conference for advisers

LSL Financial Services is to hold its first conference dedicated solely to protection, in...
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Afin Bank brings in title insurance to speed up mortgage completions

Afin Bank has partnered with Westcor International to introduce Perfect Title Insurance across its...

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