Equity Release

More2life publishes new offer condition guide

Equity release lender more2life has expanded its library of educational resources with a new...

Advise Wise adds new document upload feature

Advise Wise Platform has introduced a new feature allowing advisers to upload documents to...

Q3 sees record number of new equity release plans

The Equity Release Council (ERC) has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out a...

Pure Retirement backs call for career development for over 50s

A report highlighting the benefits of embracing an older workforce has earned the support...

75% of over-55s ignorant of green mortgages

Research commissioned by equity release advisory firm Age Partnership has found that 80% of...

OneFamily withdraws lifetime mortgages products

OneFamily Lifetime Mortgages is temporarily withdrawing its products from new business, citing recent instability...

Standard Life Home Finance joins Mortgage Advice Bureau panel

Standard Life Home Finance has joined the Mortgage Advice Bureau later life lender panel....

Hodge makes board appointment

Hodge has strengthened its board with the appointment of a new senior independent director. Penny...

When later life clients don’t want to keep it in the family

"You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re...

Air releases H1 2022 ‘temperature check’

Air, the later life services platform, has announced the release of its ‘Temperature Check’...

Equity Release Council appoints two NEDs

The Equity Release Council has announced the appointment of two independent non-executive directors (NEDs),...

Lifetime mortgage popularity grows in every UK region

The popularity of lifetime mortgage is growing across every UK region, according to the...

Hodge appoints chief people officer

Gareth Thomas has joined Hodge’s executive team as its chief people officer. Thomas (pictured)...

Age Partnership increases profits and market share

Advisory firm Age Partnership has reported a £2.6m profit for the Covid-affected year ending...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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