Equity Release

Standard Life Home Finance improves Horizon LTVs

Standard Life Home Finance has added a new plan, Horizon 650, to its Horizon...

Mortgage Intelligence partners with Air

Air, the later-life lending platform, has announced a new partnership with network Mortgage Intelligence. ...

Advise Wise updates research PDF for compliance and audit

Advise Wise has announced the release of its improved research PDF document. The sourcing...

Pure Retirement revamps Emerald range

Pure Retirement has refreshed its Emerald range of lifetime mortgages, designed to offer consumers...

High-value properties being used for equity release

Pure Retirement has highlighted the popularity of modern equity release products among owners of...

Later life lending catering for increasingly diverse range of needs and audiences

Analysis of data from the first quarter of 2024 by lifetime mortgage lender Pure...

More2life up maximum LTV on Flexi Choice products to 48%

More2life has announced that customers now can access higher LTVs across all age bands...

Pure Retirement ups Classic range LTVs

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has increased LTVs on its Classic lifetime mortgages to...

Air Sourcing adds new features around affordability

Air has made several updates to its Air Sourcing platform to help advisers in...

Equity Release Council provides clear communication guide for members

The Equity Release Council has published a new guide to help its members communicate...

Pure Retirement makes regional sales appointments

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement is bolstering its support to equity release advisers with...

Standard Life Home Finance adds 25% interest-served offering

Standard Life Home Finance has expanded access to its Horizon Interest Reward product by...

Air reaches Comprehensive Conversations milestone

Air, the later-life lending platform, has announced that its Comprehensive Conversations Manifesto has achieved...

Rising demand for hybrid later life products

Air, the later-life lending platform, has launched its first Comprehensive Conversations Report, looking at...

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,...

Latest news

Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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