Equity Release

Coronavirus disrupting retirement plans

Over 154,000 people aged 55-64 have decided upon early retirement because of redundancy and...

PRIMIS launches equity release panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has unveiled an equity release panel which it says will be...

LLA secures LIBF accreditation

The learning programme of the Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has now been fully...

Equity release market ends year on a high

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that over £3.4 billion in property wealth was...

Mortgage Magic adds equity release module

CRM and mortgage management system, Mortgage Magic, is to add a free equity release...

Just Group added to Brilliant’s lifetime panel

Just Group is joining the Brilliant Solutions lifetime mortgage panel, with its whole lifetime mortgage...

Pure Retirement introduces Classic Range direct debit facility

Pure Retirement has launched an option for customers to self-manage their accounts as needed post-completion. The...

Equity Release Associates adds additional training dates

Equity Release Associates (ERA) has announced the addition of two more induction programmes in...

Pure Retirement joins Brilliant panel

Mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions, has announced the addition of lifetime...

Phoebus and Pure Retirement extend partnership

Pure Retirement and Phoebus Software Limited have agreed a new contract. The equity release provider...

Key Partnerships hires sales ops manager

Equity release referral firm Key Partnerships has appointed Thomas Lowcock as sales operations manager,...

OneFamily teams up with Brilliant Solutions

OneFamily has joined mortgage club Brilliant Solutions’ later life panel. The lifetime mortgage provider's flexible...

Equity Release Council builds risk, policy & compliance team

The Equity Release Council has created a risk, policy and compliance team and made...

Stamp Duty holiday boosts over-65s’ property wealth

Over 2020, the property wealth of the over-65s in the UK increased by more...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...
Homebuying

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...
Technology

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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