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Average gifted deposit tops £40k

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get...

Equity Release Council introduces adviser competency framework

The Equity Release Council has launched a new competency framework to help financial advisers...

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...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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