Equity Release

More2life targets high value property owners with new product

More2life has launched its latest lifetime mortgage, Capital Choice Ultra Lite. The product will be...

LV= acquired by private equity firm

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital,...

Advisers optimistic about 2021 equity release market

72% of advisers believe the value of the equity release market to grow in...

Mortgage brokers responsible for bulk of equity release referral market

Mortgage intermediaries account for 56% of the equity release introducer market, according to the...

More2life partners with Brilliant Solutions

More2life has unveiled a new exclusive partnership with Brilliant Solutions where the club's members...

Equity Release Council creates adviser best practice guide

The Equity Release Council has introduced a Best Practice Guide to sit alongside its...

More2life joins MCI later life panel

MCI mortgage club has announced that more2life has become the sixth lender to join...

Eamonn Holmes new face of equity release TV ad campaign

Equity release adviser, Age Partnership, has secured Eamonn Holmes to front its marketing campaign...

Deposit most popular reason for equity release gifting

Older homeowners used their property wealth to gift £530m to family and friends during...

More2life adds new Flexi Choice lump sum plans

Equity release lender, more2life, has launch two new lump-sum products within its Flexi Choice...

Key Group invests in people strategy with new programme

Key Group has launched a new Leadership Academy Programme for its people managers. The...

Air Mortgage Club unveils concierge service for large deals

Air Mortgage Club  has launched a new 'large case concierge service' for advisers. The new...

Retirement plans disrupted for 55-64 year olds

Data from LV='s Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor has found that over-65s are more likely...

Advise Wise allows addition of fees on sourcing platform

Advise Wise has unveiled a new feature on its later life sourcing platform to...

COMMENT

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...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

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

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

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

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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