Equity Release

Key Group appoints head of strategic partner marketing

Key Group has announced the appointment of Richard Brook as its new head of...

Crisis of confidence in women approaching retirement

A new report from the Equity Release Council (the Council) and Key – Pension...

MCI Mortgage Club unveils later life sourcing

MCI Mortgage Club has introduced a later life lending sourcing platform to its members. The...

Pure Retirement creates new marketing toolkit for advisers

Pure Retirement has launched an improved adviser marketing toolkit.  Advisers can access guidance in subjects...

Advisers struggle to recognise vulnerable clients

New research from equity release lender, more2life, has found that while advisers say that...

MCI Club expands later life panel

MCI Club has added Legal & General Home Finance to its later life lending...

OneFamily to hold free virtual late life masterclass

David Burrowes, chairman of the Equity Release Council, is to participate in a free...

Advise Wise offers ‘instant KFI’ on Just products

Advise Wise has added its 'instant KFI' feature to its Just For You lifetime...

Q3 return to form for equity release market

The later life lending market saw £884 million being released over the third quarter...

‘Forever home’ desire fuels majority of equity release sales

53% of advisers who sold an equity release product in the last year state...

The later life market has reacted well to the pandemic

So, Lockdown 2 in England is now underway, while by the time you read...

TMA adds Pure Retirement to later life panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of lifetime mortgage lender, Pure Retirement, to its...

More2life creates operations director position

Equity release lender, more2life, has created a new director of operations role and promoted...

Air Group provides equity release service level reporting

Air Group has introduced its first equity release provider ‘Temperature Check’ focusing on a...

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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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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

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