Equity Release

Equity release resumed growth path before Truss market turmoil

The Equity Release Council has reported that 2022 saw record activity with 93,421 new...

Advise Wise appoints national account manager

Advise Wise has announced the appointment of Daniel Edmondson as national account manager. Edmondson (pictured)...

Equity release continuing to help loved ones

Lifetime mortgage customers are continuing to use the value of their property to help...

Pure Retirement appoints independent NED

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of David Marlow as an independent non-executive director. Marlow...

New senior team for Equity Release Associates

Adviser network, Equity Release Associates (ERA), has made a pair of senior appointments. Justin Wysocki...

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...

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Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

Why we shouldn’t wait for the FCA to act on later life lending

It might feel odd to be talking about a new year, when we’re barely half-way through this one, but the recent FCA Discussion Paper...

A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

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Fleet Mortgages reduces two-year fixed rates by up to 25bps

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of rate cuts of up to 25 basis...

Liverpool Mortgages signs mental health charter alongside Skipton and Dudley

Liverpool Mortgages has joined the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC), becoming the latest...

Arc & Co. doubles lending volumes in year of commercial and development rebound

Specialist debt and equity advisory Arc & Co. has reported a 108% year-on-year rise...

Top 12 potential sites for New Towns revealed in landmark planning study

A new report by national property consultancy Carter Jonas has identified 12 of the...