Equity Release

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,...

More 2 Life offers MMR webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life is holding a series of webinars ahead of...

Hodge Lifetime become LLA ambassador

Hodge Lifetime has been announced as the latest Product Ambassador of the Later Life...

Equity release forum unveiled

The Equity Release Council has launched an Industry Government Forum, bringing together policy, industry...

Why social media makes a difference

Firstly, a confession. When it comes to the world of social media I was...

Openwork partners with Key Retirement Solutions

Openwork has chosen Key Retirement Solutions (KRS) as its exclusive provider of equity release...

Bridgewater masterclass to include MMR focus

Bridgewater Equity Release's next Masterclass, taking place in London next month, will focus on...

LLA unveils new equity release ambassador

Stonehaven has been announced as the latest Ambassador of the Later Life Academy (LLA),...

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,...

Latest news

The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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