Equity Release

Aviva to allow fixed or gilt-based equity release ERCs

All new Aviva equity release customers can now choose whether to have any Early...

Aviva Financial Advice moves into equity release arena

Aviva Financial Advice (AFA) has added equity release and Inheritance Tax Planning (IHT) to...

Stamp Duty holiday gives over-65s a boost to property wealth

Over-65s saw their property wealth rise by more than £800 a month over the...

Equilaw appoints new MD

Equilaw has appointed Max Hayden as its new managing director. Claire Barker, the existing managing...

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...

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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