Equity Release

Key to embed AI into its customer service

Key has partnered with speech analytics platform Aveni.ai to add artificial intelligence to its...

22% of customers don’t discuss equity release with family

71% of customers seeking equity release advice with immediate family said they had discussed...

Standard Life Home Finance joins Equity Release Council

Standard Life Home Finance has joined the Equity Release Council following the recent launch...

Hodge issues Tired of Retirement white paper

Hodge has released a detailed report into the attitudes of those over 50 towards...

Finova powering Standard Life’s equity release entrance

Finova has been selected to provide the software that will power Standard Life Home...

7.5 million over-55s need home adaptation for care needs

New research from Key indicates that 7.5 million older people will be looking to...

Pure Retirement launches new resources with Asset TV

Pure Retirement has introduced a new Brand Health Check Guide in collaboration with Asset...

TMA Club to provide resources on identifying vulnerability

53% of brokers who responded to a TMA Club survey say they are confident...

Equity Release Supermarket launches new group platform

Equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), has launched a new Equity Release Group...

Canada Life adds new Lifestyle Select products

Canada Life is improving its Lifestyle Select home finance product range, by introducing two...

Advise Wise adds new legal hub and allows direct legal instruction

Advise Wise has unveiled a ‘Direct Instruction’ feature enabling advisers to instruct solicitors directly...

Attitudes changing to secured debt in retirement

45% of mortgaged homeowners under the age of 40 made it not the property...

Advisers and later life clients all want family involvement

Later life advisers and clients are aligned when it comes to the importance of...

Advisers want later life clients re-educated by industry

Advisers operating in the later life lending sector think the most important priority for...

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...

Latest news

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

Precise cuts residential mortgage rates by up to 35bps

Precise has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range by up to 35bps. The specialist...

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