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Advise Wise integrates state benefits calculator

Advise Wise has teamed up with Entitledto to integrate a state benefits calculator to...

Pure Retirement widens Classic product distribution

Pure Retirement has announced the widened distribution of its Classic range of lifetime mortgages. The...

Pure Retirement appoints new head of distribution

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Scott Burman as head of distribution. Burman (pictured)...

MorganAsh: Key leads later life sector on vulnerability

Key Later Life Finance has reported positive results from its vulnerability assessments, with the...

Advisers have the quality and resilience to deliver in 2023

First up, let me wish everyone reading this a very Happy New Year. I...

Just Group to offer free EPCs

Retirement specialist Just Group is teaming up with Vibrant, property services company, to provide...

Envelop Network unveils later life lending panel

The Envelop Network has introduced a later life lending panel which includes 10 providers. The...

Women more likely to view home as their security than men

With 26% equity release customers being single women (according to Key's Q3 Market Monitor), Standard...

Brokers record low levels of satisfaction with mortgage lenders 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that...

Pure Retirement improves Classic Lifetime criteria

Pure Retirement has announced a series of criteria enhancements to its Classic range of...

New member for the Equity Release Council

Lead generation firm Contact State has become the latest firm to join the Equity...

Pure Retirement unveils sub-6% lifetime mortgage product

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has announced new rate of 5.94% MER on its...

Stuart Wilson becomes chairman of Air Club

Following nearly 15 years as CEO of later life lending platform, Air, Stuart Wilson...

Equity release choice wider than before Covid

New analysis from Air, the later life services platform, suggests that while the October...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

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...

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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...