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...

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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