Equity Release

8% of grandparents use property wealth to support grandchildren

Research from Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has found that grandparents are providing financial...

Rebrand for 55Plus Equity Release

55Plus, the national equity release specialist, has rebranded after almost doubling turnover in the...

New Air CEO amidst senior team restructure

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has restructured its senior team. Paul Glynn...

Legal & General Home Finance launches API on Air Sourcing

Legal & General Home Finance has partnered with Air to launch its Application Programming...

Rockstead joins Equity Release Council

Rockstead has announced that it has become an Equity Release Council associate member. Rockstead...

Advise Wise extends AI-powered equity release suitability letter pilot

Advise Wise is expanding the pilot for its Suitability Letter template, powered by Artificial...

Repaying existing mortgage remains top reason for equity release

New data from Canada Life has revealed the top motivations for customers taking out...

Flexible approach key to opening up retirement mortgages

There can be no doubt that demand for later life lending is strong at...

New report outlines roadmap for future of later life lending

A new independent report commissioned by the Equity Release Council on the future of...

Standard Life Home Finance adds six lifetime mortgages to offering

Standard Life Home Finance has unveiled three new lifetime mortgage products - Horizon 240,...

Advise Wise introduces new feature for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has added a new feature for its members which complements the product...

MBE Manchester seminar programme and keynote speaker revealed

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced that Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary...

Equity Release Council launches fees guide for consumers

The Equity Release Council has produced a new guide to help consumers better understand...

The market will grow in strength during 2023

It seems somewhat odd but we already over a sixth of the way through...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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