Equity Release

Pure Retirement offers 20% ERC-free overpayments 

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 20 product, offering the ability to...

40% of advisers report drop in number of equity release cases

78% of advisers think more of their customers will look to equity release to...

Bank of Gran & Grandad driving stamp duty holiday gifting

The Bank of Gran and Grandad has gifted nearly £1 million a day during...

Equity release ‘myths’ still abound

12% of homeowners in the UK aged 40 and above would consider releasing equity...

Equity Release Council updates adviser guide

The Equity Release Council has refreshed its ‘Adviser Guide to Equity Release’ which is...

Product flexibility continues to increase in equity release market

Key Partnerships has revealed that the number of equity release products has reached a...

Advise Wise provides adviser desktop application

Advise Wise has introduced a desktop application to allow advisers to access the Advise...

Pure Retirement offers ERC-free repayments across whole range 

Pure Retirement has made changes to its Sovereign range, providing ERC-free repayment opportunities and...

More2life urges advisers to respond to FCA’s call for a new Consumer Duty 

Equity release lender, more2life, is calling on advisers to respond to the Financial Conduct...

Hodge appoints national account manager

James Enos has been appointed by Hodge as its new national account manager for...

Record attendance for more2life symposium

Equity release lender, more2life, has revealed that the number of advisers who attended its...

Air Group launches guide to increase retirement funding customer engagement

18% of those aged 45 and above have not undertaken any retirement planning and...

Two-thirds without long-term plans for financial care

New research from Hodge has revealed that Just 33% of people have made financial...

more2life offers highest market LTVs with new plans

More2life has launched two new products, Maximum Choice Super 1 & 2, which offer...

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...

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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...

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...

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