Equity Release

Over 55s value experiences over material possessions

Royal London has claimed that the 55+ generation are focused on making the most...

Standard Life Home Finance partners with Sesame Bankhall Group

Standard Life Home Finance has entered into a strategic later life partnership with Sesame...

Pure Retirement loan book tops £4bn

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has reported that its overall loan portfolio has risen...

Key and MorganAsh to collaborate over vulnerability

Later life lending firm Key has agreed to work collaboratively with MorganAsh on a...

More2life unveils high LTV equity product

More2life is adding a sixth range to its product proposition with the launch of...

Just Group to use Comentis’ vulnerability software

Retirement specialist Just Group has become the first provider in the retirement income sector...

Clearing existing mortgage most popular H1 reason for equity release

Canada Life has stated that 50% of equity release applications it received in the...

Property wealth funding travel boom

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has revealed that customer equity release drawdown data...

Equity Release Supermarket appoints national account manager

Craig Kerrigan has joins Equity Release Supermarket as national account manager. Kerrigan (pictured) will be...

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...

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,...

Latest news

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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