Equity Release

HLPartnership grows external compliance team

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Norman Jackson to the role of regional compliance...

Advise Wise unveils product comparison feature

Advise Wise has launched a product comparison feature on its later life platform. The feature...

Criterion to act as equity release API standards custodian

Criterion, a not-for-profit standards and governance services body, has taken on the stewardship of...

Pure Retirement publishes brand report for over-50s market

Pure Retirement has unveiled a report on Effective Brand Positioning Today for the over...

Regional disparities in use of equity release for house purchase

South West England, South East England and London are currently accounting for 46% of...

Lifetime mortgage switching slows

There has been a dramatic slowing up in the pace of lifetime mortgage switching...

Pure Retirement unveils lifetime mortgage range with flexible repayment options

Pure Retirement has launched its Emerald range, a new suite of lifetime mortgages designed...

Millions to retire later than planned due to pandemic

New research from OneFamily shows that three million over-50s are to retire later than...

Tenet partners with HUB Financial Solutions for equity release referrals

Financial advisor support group Tenet and HUB Financial Solutions have announced an agreement enabling...

Lifetime mortgages borrowers have saved over £10bn in five years

Later life mortgage broker Responsible Life has calculated that lifetime mortgage customers have netted...

Hodge appoints national account manager for the North

Hodge has appointed Andrea Roberts as its national account manager for the North. Roberts has...

OneFamily supports housing advice charity

OneFamily is to provide financial support and volunteer its commercial expertise to the charity...

Stability returning to the equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that mortgage repayments rose by 20% to reach a...

Women have “worrying lack” of pension wealth

1.5 million widows in the UK aged 55 and over say they have lost...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

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