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Advise Wise unveils annuity referral service

Advise Wise has announced the launch of its annuity referral system designed to help...

Advisers would welcome additional later life training and support

39% of later life advisers feel more ‘in-depth’ vulnerability training is needed to meet...

Adviser claims most equity release calculators “misleading”

Latest findings from Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), an independent equity release advisory service, suggests...

Responsible Lending expands access to Royal London equity release range

The range of lifetime mortgage products delivered by Responsible Lending in partnership with Royal...

Advise Wise provides new contact directory

Advise Wise has announced the launch of its newest platform feature, the Contacts Directory....

LiveMore offers automated DIP

LiveMore has developed a new mortgage origination platform in-house, incorporating a Decision in Principle...

Legal & General Home Finance adds low LTV variants to lifetime mortgage range

Legal & General Home Finance has revised its lifetime mortgage range following adviser feedback. These...

StepChange Financial Solutions adopts finova CRM platform

Finova has announced that its CRM platform will be adopted by StepChange Financial Solutions,...

Advise Wise reveals API Integration with Aviva

Advise Wise has announced its API integration with later life lender Aviva. Advisers using the...

More2life widens Flexi-Choice Plan distribution

More2life has expanded the distribution footprint of its Flexi-Choice equity release plan. This will see...

Aviva adopts finova’s originations platform

Finova has announced that its Apprivo² core banking originations platform has been chosen by...

LiveMore adds lifetime mortgages to offering

LiveMore has expanded its product offering to include equity release mortgages. The lifetime mortgage joins...

L&G: property wealth allows people to stay in their ‘forever homes’

New data from Legal & General Home Finance indicates that home improvements remain the...

Air unveils white label calculator

Air has launched a new retained equity and repayments calculator to help advisers illustrate...

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Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

Credit search vs credit scoring

The terms credit score and credit check are often used interchangeably by consumers, many of whom assume they mean the same thing. Yet understanding...

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Spring surge in property listings creates market opportunities

The average asking price for newly listed properties has risen by 1.1% (+£3,876) this...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints senior portfolio director

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF) has announced the appointment of Carl Pykett...

Inflation expectations rise slightly as BoE releases latest survey

Public expectations for inflation and interest rates have edged higher, according to the Bank...

£1 billion lost annually as 50,000 London social homes used fraudulently

A shocking new report reveals that around 50,000 social housing properties in London are...