Equity Release

Pure Retirement hires new regional intermediary sales support

Pure Retirement has added new regional intermediary sales support to lifetime mortgage advisers as...

Pure Retirement joins finova lending panel

Lifetime mortgage provider Pure Retirement has joined finova Payment and Mortgage Services panel of...

Advise Wise adds Appointment Log feature for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has announced the introduction of its new Appointment Log feature, allowing advisers...

Transparency is vital to upholding equity release standards

The reasons why a client might want to take out an equity release product...

Canada Life unveils API link with Air Sourcing

Canada Life has announced the launch of an API link with Air, the platform...

Age Partnership & Pure Retirement post record profits of £22m

Equity release broker, Leeds-based Age Partnership Group, and its sister company, Pure Retirement, the...

Homeowners could access 5 years’ worth of retirement income from property wealth

Homeowners in England and Wales could access the equivalent of five years’ worth of...

Air Academy launches vulnerability module

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has worked with Comentis to launch...

Phoebus wins servicing contract for Aviva’s equity release business

Aviva has appointed Phoebus to service its equity release portfolio, replacing its legacy servicing...

Equity Release Council launches new post-completion comms guidance

The Equity Release Council has launched new guidance for advisers and providers to supports...

Cost of living crisis impacting those in and nearing retirement

As the number of working-age people in early retirement hits a record low of...

Equity release could cut English FTB mortgage term by eight years

With 19% of equity release customers using all or part of their funds to...

Equity release now “central financial tool” for over-55s

A new study from equity release lender Standard Life Home Finance has highlighted the...

Equity release repayment savings calculated

Over50choices has calculated that of the £699 million borrowed in equity release in Q1...

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Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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...

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Landlords turn to remortgaging as demand for property improvements rises

The number of landlords remortgaging to release funds for property improvements has surged over...

Finova names new chief technology officer to lead innovation drive

Finova, the mortgage and savings software provider, has appointed David Espley as chief technology...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates with focus on first-time buyers

Barclays has announced a series of mortgage rate cuts across its residential purchase and...

Fleet Mortgages trims HMO and MUFB rates across 75% LTV range

Fleet Mortgages has reduced rates on its 75% loan-to-value HMO and multi-unit freehold block...