Equity Release

Equity Release Council introduces new repayment safeguards

The Equity Release Council has announced that new equity release customers will be able...

New high in value of housing available for equity

A record £760 billion of equity was available for release in UK homes in...

Air Group breaks £1bn distribution barrier

Air Group has reported that over £1 billion of later life lending was placed...

Pure Retirement revamps intermediary sales team

Pure Retirement has expanded its intermediary sales team, providing its advisers with access to support...

Covid made it harder to spot vulnerable customers

More2life has reported that half of advisers say it is harder to identify vulnerable...

Key Group appoints national account manager

Key Group, the specialist provider of over-55s' financial solutions, has appointed Alistair Morrison as...

Key: size of withdrawals driving equity release market

A record £4.4 billion in property wealth was released in 2021, according to data...

Second charges helping businesses to capital raise

Business owners are using second charge mortgages to raise capital as the Omicron variant...

22% of workers expect to use home to fund retirement

Research from Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has found that 22% of people...

Key to embed AI into its customer service

Key has partnered with speech analytics platform Aveni.ai to add artificial intelligence to its...

22% of customers don’t discuss equity release with family

71% of customers seeking equity release advice with immediate family said they had discussed...

Standard Life Home Finance joins Equity Release Council

Standard Life Home Finance has joined the Equity Release Council following the recent launch...

Hodge issues Tired of Retirement white paper

Hodge has released a detailed report into the attitudes of those over 50 towards...

Finova powering Standard Life’s equity release entrance

Finova has been selected to provide the software that will power Standard Life Home...

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High net worth clients may need more from their lender and their broker, so it’s important that as an adviser, you are ready and...

Housing promises vs. reality: Will the Government deliver on 1.5 million new homes?

Next year will be 80 years since the New Towns Act (1946) was passed through Parliament. As a result of the destruction during WWII, this...

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...

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Stamp duty shock: MAB calls for lender innovation to meet FTB demand

Following the Stamp Duty threshold returning to 2014 levels today, Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB)...

Completions hit record highs in last five days

Completion volumes surged to unprecedented levels in the final days of March, with estimates...

Vernon BS marks centenary with record asset growth and £3.5m profit

Vernon Building Society has ended its 100th year on a high, reporting record growth...

London Credit provides £1.53m bridging loan for commercial property refinancing

London Credit has completed a £1.53 million bridging loan to refinance a commercial property...