Equity Release

Later-life borrowers are getting younger

Hodge has found the average age of its 50+ mortgage customer has dropped by...

Potential UK equity release value reaches £811bn

More than £800 billion of equity was available for release in UK homes in...

Majority research equity release before speaking to an adviser

New research from Standard Life Home Finance reveals that 70% of equity release customers...

Demand for equity release has recovered strongly from Covid

The Equity Release Council has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out 12,485 new...

Bank of grandma and grandad helping more FTBs

New research from Aviva suggests there is a growing tendency among older Brits to...

PII is not a simple tick-box exercise

Calling something a ‘tick-box exercise’ generally deems it to be trivial or certainly an...

Majority of over-60s haven’t planned for care

72% of over-60s have not thought about planning for later life care, despite the...

Equity release gifting could save 14 years off FTB mortgage term

Equity release gifting could help younger generations pay off their mortgages five years sooner...

Pure Retirement renews contract with Phoebus Software

Pure Retirement has signed a new contract with Phoebus Software Limited (PSL). The two firms...

Pure Retirement offers free EPCs on Classic Mortgages

Pure Retirement is to offer new customers, who take out a Classic lifetime mortgage,...

Aviva sees shift in views over family financial legacies

Over half of over 55s want to see the benefit of giving significant financial...

Deloitte joins Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has announced Deloitte as its newest associate member. Deloitte provides...

Standard Life Home Finance hires new BDM

Standard Life Home Finance has expanded its business development team with the appointment of...

LV=’s interim chief exec to stand down

LV= has announced that Mark Hartigan, LV= chief executive, intends to step down as...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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