Equity Release

Air Group unveils new distribution channel

Air Group has launched Air Select, a new panel proposition. Air Select will provide a...

Equity release is not a rate-driven solution

In the equity release market, I’ve always felt there was a potential disconnect between...

Equity Release Associates in customer acquisition drive

Equity Release Associates has begun a major investment in customer acquisition activity to support...

LV= offers lifetime mortgage cashback deal

LV= has unveiled a 1% cashback deal across its Drawdown + and Lump Sum+...

Public concerned over late life care costs

67% of over-50s are currently determined to stay living in their own home if...

Pure Retirement unveils adviser support materials

Pure Retirement has introduced a number of new adviser-facing resources. Changes include the introduction of...

Latest gender pension gap analysis revealed

Analysis from later life firm Responsible Life has revealed that the average gender pension...

£15bn rise in amount of property equity for release

Canada Life has revealed that over £600 billion of equity was available for release...

Advise Wise offers new member resources

Advise Wise has introduced a new digital resources collection for its members, accessible from...

Jon Tweed takes permanent position at Air Group

Air Group has announced the appointment of Jon Tweed as its new group distribution...

Advise Wise introduces webinar series with Equity Release Council

Advise Wise has unveiled a new live webinar series in partnership with the Equity...

more2life partners With PRIMIS 

Lifetime mortgage provider, more2life, has announced the launch of a new partnership with PRIMIS...

Busy end to 2020 for later life lending market

The Equity Release Council has released market figures for Q4 2020. Annual lending to new...

Coronavirus disrupting retirement plans

Over 154,000 people aged 55-64 have decided upon early retirement because of redundancy and...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

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...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...