Equity Release

Equity Release Supermarket welcomes two new advisers

Equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), has appointed two new advisers. With...

Air Sourcing launches borrowing forecast and rebroke tools

Air Sourcing has launched a new borrowing forecast tool and rebroke tool that is...

Standard Life Home Finance expands flexible lifetime offering

Standard Life Home Finance has added two new loan to value (LTV) products to...

More2life appoints director of manufacturing and adviser propositions

Equity release lender more2life has announced the appointment of Les Pick to the newly...

21% increase in equity release plan sales in Q1

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance has found that older homeowners released an...

Londoners most likely to consider downsizing to fund retirement

19% of people plan to downsize in retirement, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. Just 40% have...

Standard Life Home Finance partners with PRIMIS

Standard Life Home Finance has launched a new partnership with PRIMIS Mortgage Network, which...

Record number of older homeowners turn to equity release

Older homeowners accessing the value held in their homes via lifetime mortgages and other...

Incorrect to see equity release always as ‘product of last resort’

Retirement aspirations and financial planning drives almost half of equity release customer choices, according...

The equity release benefits of multi-disciplinary support

While there is no doubt that surveyors and lawyers provide a valuable service for...

Age Partnership to encourage digital documentation with tree-planting

Equity release broker, Age Partnership, is to plant a tree on behalf of every...

Air Group to hold conference at National Space Centre

Air Group has revealed that its National Later Life Adviser Conference – 'Later Life...

New member for Equity Release Council

Risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory company WTW (formerly Willis Towers Watson) has joined...

New leader at the helm of Equity Release Associates

Sara Robinson, director of adviser services at Equity Release Associates (ERA), is to take...

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Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

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,...

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HouzeCheck completes 40,000th property survey

HouzeCheck has reached a major milestone, completing its 40,000th property survey since launching seven...

Market Harborough BS appoints specialist telephone BDM

Market Harborough Building Society has expanded its broker support team with the promotion of...

Positive Lending grows regional sales team with new hire

Positive Lending has appointed Adam Turvey as a regional account manager. Turvey (pictured, right) joins...

The Exeter reports record usage of HealthWise app

The Exeter has announced a record increase in usage of its member benefits app,...