Equity Release

Tread carefully with increased demand for later life lending

Understandably, there is a lot of speculation and conjecture around the current economic environment,...

Over 55s value experiences over material possessions

Royal London has claimed that the 55+ generation are focused on making the most...

Standard Life Home Finance partners with Sesame Bankhall Group

Standard Life Home Finance has entered into a strategic later life partnership with Sesame...

Pure Retirement loan book tops £4bn

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has reported that its overall loan portfolio has risen...

Key and MorganAsh to collaborate over vulnerability

Later life lending firm Key has agreed to work collaboratively with MorganAsh on a...

More2life unveils high LTV equity product

More2life is adding a sixth range to its product proposition with the launch of...

Just Group to use Comentis’ vulnerability software

Retirement specialist Just Group has become the first provider in the retirement income sector...

Clearing existing mortgage most popular H1 reason for equity release

Canada Life has stated that 50% of equity release applications it received in the...

Property wealth funding travel boom

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has revealed that customer equity release drawdown data...

Equity Release Supermarket appoints national account manager

Craig Kerrigan has joins Equity Release Supermarket as national account manager. Kerrigan (pictured) will be...

Later-life borrowers are getting younger

Hodge has found the average age of its 50+ mortgage customer has dropped by...

Potential UK equity release value reaches £811bn

More than £800 billion of equity was available for release in UK homes in...

Majority research equity release before speaking to an adviser

New research from Standard Life Home Finance reveals that 70% of equity release customers...

Demand for equity release has recovered strongly from Covid

The Equity Release Council has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out 12,485 new...

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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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National recruitment firm specialising in conveyancing launches

A new recruitment agency has been launched in the North East with the aim...

Bigger homes driving house price growth as flats lag behind

Demand for larger homes has driven growth in UK property prices over the past...

West One Loans passes major development finance lending mark

West One Loans has reached the milestone of £1 billion of lending within the...

Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...