Equity Release

Advise Wise unveils affordability tags

Advise Wise has introduced affordability tags to its platform. This new feature is designed...

Over-55s struggling to pay off mortgage before retirement

New research from Key Later Life Finance has found that over-55 homeowners are making...

Phoebus partners with OMS Originations

Phoebus, the software provider for mortgage and savings account servicing, has partnered with One...

The Right DA Club becomes Air Ambassador

The Right DA Club has announced its new Ambassadorship of Air, the platform for...

UK homeowner equity reaches £5.7 trillion

The total value of the nation’s property equity has risen to a record £5.7...

Enness Global joins Equity Release Council

Enness Global, the international mortgage broker for high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, business owners and...

Key Advice appoints director of advice and adviser services

Key Advice has announced the appointment of Rachel East as its new director of...

Equity Release Council launches retrofit lifetime mortgage guide

The Equity Release Council has published new guidance for member firms to consider when...

Equity Release Group grows management team

Equity Release Group (ERG) has announced three new hires that will join the group’s...

Advise Wise integrates with Canada Life via API

Advise Wise has announced the introduction of its latest API integration with Canada Life. The...

Homeowners aged 55+ more tech savvy than previously thought

New research has found that 62% of UK homeowners aged 55+ would look to...

15% rise in Q2 equity release lending

Latest quarterly market data shows that new equity release customer numbers increased by 12%...

Phoebus servicing over £20bn in equity release

Phoebus has revealed that it now services more than £20 billion of equity release...

Average equity release customer getting younger

Pure Retirement has analysed demographic trends over the first half of 2024 to form...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Conveyancing fees tick up in Q1 but remain flat over past 12 months

The cost of conveyancing services rose modestly in the first quarter of 2026, although...

Bath BS introduces valuation engine to speed up mortgage decisions

Bath Building Society has launched a new property decisioning engine aimed at cutting delays...

LSL to stage first protection-only conference for advisers

LSL Financial Services is to hold its first conference dedicated solely to protection, in...

Afin Bank brings in title insurance to speed up mortgage completions

Afin Bank has partnered with Westcor International to introduce Perfect Title Insurance across its...

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