Equity Release

Equity Release Council hires comms chief

The Equity Release Council has appointed Denise Beedell as its communications and operations manager. The...

Advisers not in position to help clients with equity release

Almost 90% of intermediaries say equity release is relevant to their clients retirement planning,...

Technology key to equity release marketing

In today’s technology savvy times, companies can ill afford to not have a web...

Retirement funding becomes greater reason for buy-to-let

A greater proportion of landlords are turning to the private rental sector to prepare...

Over a third expect to work past 65

New research from Canada Life Group shows that people are planning to take advantage...

Equity release market returns to growth

The equity release market is set to break the £1 billion barrier this year...

Stonehaven reduces lifetime mortgage rates

Specialist lifetime mortgage provider Stonehaven has cut the interest rates on its Interest Select...

New member for Equity Release Council

Key Retirement Solutions has been formally confirmed as a member of the Equity Release...

Pensioners turning to credit cards

The average pensioner with debt taking out an equity release plan on the value...

New equity release plan from More 2 Life

Over 100,000 over-65s are still paying off mortgages, according to new research from More...

MMR: Equity Release Council welcomes announcement

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) has received the support of the Equity Release Council. "The...

Increased longevity raises pension tax bills

The average UK pensioner household faces a £111,400 tax bill in retirement as increasing...

Bridgewater offers quick quote facility

Bridgewater Equity Release has launched a new quick quote calculator. The home reversion specialist...

Equity release market back on track

There was significant growth in both volumes and value of the equity release market...

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,...

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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...

Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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