Equity Release

Average property value of lifetime mortgage customer up 18.5%

Later life mortgage broker Responsible Life has reported that the average property value of...

Air Group partners with St. James’s Place

Air Group has signed an agreement with wealth management group, St. James’s Place (SJP),...

Key: £4bn equity release market record on the horizon

Equity release adviser Key has reveal that the equity release market is on course...

Advisers need to re-engage with later life clients

Air Mortgage Club has published the final results from its ‘Later Life Lending Census’...

£10bn rise in available UK housing equity

Canada Life has calculated that over £740 billion of equity was available for release...

Myths, mistrust and family worries remain equity release issues

Equity release is still an area of personal finance which many homeowners feel unsure...

More2life reaches £5bn in loans under management

Equity release lender, more2life, has revealed that it now has £5 billion of loans...

Changing patterns in equity release usage

Customers are continuing to use equity release to clear existing mortgages while many have...

Later life lending misconception ‘battle’ still being fought

Air Mortgage Club has revealed further results from its ‘Later Life Lending Census’ of...

Age Partnership/Pure Retirement parent significantly improves profits

The group of associated companies including Age Partnership and Pure Retirement has posted improved...

Responsible Life hits later life milestone

Later life mortgage broker Responsible Life has broken through the £50 million monthly lending...

Advise Wise unveils ‘price per pound’ sourcing feature

Advise Wise has introduced what it says is the market’s first ‘price per pound’...

Later life lending market needs a re-brand

Air Mortgage Club has revealed the results of its first ‘Later Life Lending Census’...

Fourth stable quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that over-55 homeowners accessed £1.15bn of property wealth...

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...

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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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