Equity Release

Nokkel joins Equity Release Council

Nokkel, the house wealth and fintech platform, has joined the Equity Release Council. The Council...

Later Life Lending Network to hold roundtable workshop

The Later Life Lending Network, part of The Right Mortgage, has announced details of...

Global equity release market forecast to hit $50bn by 2033

The European Pensions and Property Asset Release Group (EPPARG) and EY have published the...

Legal & General Home Finance adds new pricing to PTLM products

Legal & General Home Finance is extending its individual pricing approach to its recently...

The ‘modern woman’ in equity release profiled

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has analysed its data to establish what the modern,...

Mortgages stopping 2.8 million from saving more for later life

22% of UK homeowners with a mortgage – equivalent to 2.8 million people –...

Regional attitudes to using property wealth to help loved ones revealed

Research from Hodge has found that people in Scotland are more comfortable releasing equity...

Key’s new PTLTM offers higher LTVs to equity release customers

Key Later Life Finance has added a new Payment Term Lifetime Mortgage (PTLTM) into...

Middle classes increasingly using equity release

Equity release is increasingly being explored by the middle classes when looking at the...

Aviva Equity Release becomes Air Select Ambassador

Air has announced that Aviva will be joining its group of Air Select Ambassadors...

Clearing existing mortgage still top reason for releasing equity

Clearing an existing mortgage remains the top motivation for releasing equity (41%) for the...

Comentis introduces equity release mental capacity assessment

Comentis, the duty of care assessment company, has launched a new mental capacity assessment...

Legal & General Home Finance adopts Optimo

Finova's decisioning engine, Optimo, has been adopted by Legal & General Home Finance to...

Countrywide Surveying Services joins Equity Release Council

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has become an...

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Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

Future-proofing your lead generation

Leads are the lifeblood of any mortgage intermediary business, and while word-of-mouth referrals remain the gold standard - bringing trust and proof of quality...

We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

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Reward Funding raises £21,000 for Rainbow Trust charity

Reward Funding has raised £21,000 for the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity after a year-long...

Target Group appoints Jennifer Read as head of risk

Target Group has appointed Jennifer Read as its new head of risk, strengthening its...

FOLK2FOLK names new chief executive as focus turns to SME growth

Peer-to-peer business lender FOLK2FOLK has appointed Kawai Chung as its new chief executive officer,...

Adviser confidence in mortgage market climbs to highest level in three years

Confidence among mortgage advisers has risen sharply, with more than four in five positive...