Equity Release

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...

LV= changes lifetime mortgage fee structure

LV= is making changes to the fee structure on its Drawdown+ and Lump Sum+...

Brilliant Solutions adds LV= to panel

Brilliant Solutions' members now have access to LV= lifetime mortgage products. With access to LV=...

Age Partnership appoints new executive director of partnerships

Darren Dicks has been appointed as executive director of Age Partnership's partnership division. Dicks (pictured), who...

Just Group brings medical underwriting to later life lending

Just Group is offering personalised interest rate and LTV options across its Just For...

PMS Mortgage Club and Key Group launch Later Life Solutions

PMS Mortgage Club has partnered with Key Group to launch Later Life Solutions, a...

Standard Life partners with Key to launch lifetime mortgages

Standard Life has entered into a strategic agreement with Key Group, which will launch...

Covid makes people seek care home alternatives

The Covid-19 pandemic has left millions of people considering alternative long-term care options to...

Equity Release Supermarket expands into new offices

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has relocated its office premises to the North West’s largest...

LGHF launches Premier Lifetime Mortgage to property millionaires

The number of wards in England & Wales with an average house price of...

Aviva joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the appointment of Aviva to its lender...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

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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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
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Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
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AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

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

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