Equity Release

Bridgewater to hold Masterclass in Exeter

Bridgewater Equity Release has announced a further Equity Release Advice Masterclass. The fourth of the...

Just Retirement appoints business development director

Dominic Holmes has joined Just Retirement as business development director. He will lead the team...

Study looks at equity release advice opportunities

Homeowners who are getting ready for retirement are more open to professional advice on...

ERSA joins Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Solicitors Alliance (ERSA) and the seven individual member firms have announced...

LV= reduces equity release rates

LV= has cut the rates on its lifetime and flexible lifetime mortgages. The equity release...

Equity release – getting the message across

Just recently I had a discussion with an account manager in the equity release...

New member of Equity Release Council

Gateway Surveyors has become a member of the Equity Release Council. "Over the...

Bridgewater’s latest ‘Just a thought…’ out

Bridgewater Equity Release has published a new ‘Just a thought...’ sales aid for advisers...

The improving perception of equity release

No matter how much one earns, it never seems to stop the idle daydreams...

Pension not seen as retirement solution for many

44% of people do not currently expect to use a pension to fund their...

Duo added to Equity Release Council board

The Equity Release Council has appointed Liz Barclay and Jim Dredge as standards board...

Family benefitting from pensioner equity release

Key Retirement Solutions has reported that 31% of pensioners used property wealth to help...

60% earnings gender gap at 50

The average 50-year-old man earns almost 60% more than the average 50-year-old woman, with...

Dramatic drop in retirement income expectations

Britons’ expectations of income in retirement are down on what they were two years...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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