Equity Release

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...

Key: reasons to be cheerful for equity release market

Increased product innovation in the equity release market, combined with expected base rate cuts...

More2life launches ‘Flexi Payment Term’ lifetime mortgage

More2life has announced the launch of a new product, the Flexi Payment Term Lifetime...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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...

Latest news

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

Atom bank reduces prime mortgage rates by up to 25bps

Atom bank has cut rates across its prime mortgage range by as much as...

Family Building Society restores 60% LTV deals and cuts rates

Family Building Society has reintroduced 60% loan-to-value products across its core owner-occupier range and...

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