Equity Release

CHL Mortgages becomes NACFB patron

CHL Mortgages has become a patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers...

Responsible Lending improves reach of lifetime mortgages

Responsible Lending has increased by half the number of LTV bands on which it...

Pure Retirement to offer Countrywide’s ‘Auto-Instruct’ self-service facility

Pure Retirement has become the first equity release provider to gain access to Countrywide...

Air Group starts promotion with legal quartet

Air Group has introduced a new promotion with four specialist later life solicitor firms...

Over-55’s confidence returning to equity release market

New research from more2life and economics consultancy, Cebr, has estimated that the total amount...

Legal & General Home Finance joins Sesame’s later life panel

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has become the latest provider to join Sesame...

Retirement planning being hit by pension changes

18% of over-40s state that increases to the state pension age have affected their...

Pure Retirement expands Classic Range distribution

300 further firms now have access to Pure Retirement's Classic lifetime mortgage range. It follows on...

Over-40s homeowners still positive about finances despite Covid

77% of UK homeowners over the age of 40 are confident about their current...

The Marsden teams up with Age Partnership

The Marsden Building Society has established a new partnership with equity release and later-life...

Pure Retirement offers 20% ERC-free overpayments 

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 20 product, offering the ability to...

40% of advisers report drop in number of equity release cases

78% of advisers think more of their customers will look to equity release to...

Bank of Gran & Grandad driving stamp duty holiday gifting

The Bank of Gran and Grandad has gifted nearly £1 million a day during...

Equity release ‘myths’ still abound

12% of homeowners in the UK aged 40 and above would consider releasing equity...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Housing market stalls as demand dips and sales slide

The UK housing market’s fragile recovery faltered in July as higher borrowing costs and...

Premier League stadium area with highest house price premium revealed

Burnley’s Turf Moor has emerged as the Premier League’s most lucrative stadium location in...

Kuflink launches in-house legal department to speed up deals

Bridging lender Kuflink has launched its own in-house legal department, in what it describes...

Children wield growing influence over UK home buying decisions

Children are exerting unprecedented sway over property choices with 74% of families saying their...