Equity Release

Equity Release Summit to focus on gifting and green finance

The Equity Release Council's Equity Release Summit, which will take place next month, will...

Mandatory face-to-face legal advice returns to equity release

All customers considering an equity release product will now be required to have at...

Equity Release Council advisers offered lower PI premiums

Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE is offering eligible Equity Release Council adviser-members discounted professional...

BestAdvice appoints special projects editor

Simon Read has joined BestAdvice as its special projects editor. Read (pictured) will initially be...

2022 will be the toughest year for fixed-income retirees

If people were in any doubt about what the cost of living crisis looks...

Equity release product pricing up year-on-year

The Equity Release Council has reported that the average equity release customer drew the...

Mortgage Advice Bureau to acquire Fluent Money Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau is to acquire approximately 75% of Project Finland Topco (Fluent Money...

Penalty-free partial repayments become equity release prerequisite

All new equity release customers can now benefit from a product feature that has...

Data shows lifetime mortgage customers resume aspirational spending

The easing of pandemic restrictions has prompted an increase in lifetime mortgage customers using...

More2life makes two key hires

Equity release lender more2life has announced the appointment of Graham Munday as in-house lead...

Key sees rise in number of female advisers

To mark International Women's Day, Key Equity Release has announced that 19% of its...

Just Mortgages unveils equity release offering

Broker firm Just Mortgages has begun to advise on equity release. The business has trained...

Hodge appoints new chief operating officer

Hodge has appointed former Ascentric chief executive, Rob Regan, as its new chief operating...

Age Partnership reports 18-month high in enquiries

Equity release advisory firm Age Partnership has reported that the volume of enquiries it...

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Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

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Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an...

HMO market posts modest growth amid sharp regional contrasts

The number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in England has grown modestly over...

Buyers bring forward property purchase plans, says MAB

Homebuyers are showing growing confidence about their ability to step onto the property ladder,...

L&G names Cecilia Furner as distribution director for retail retirement

Legal & General has appointed Cecilia Furner to the newly created role of distribution...