Equity Release

85% of self-employed don’t save into a private pension

Multiple job holders face substantial barriers to saving, leading to a private pension pot...

The changing nature of making Christmas plans

‘The family can come to us next year – it’s our turn’. Or ‘We’ll...

Knowledge Bank: people desperate to get on the property ladder

Knowledge Bank has revealed the details of the leading criteria searches made on its...

The Newcastle selects Key Group for referrals

Key Group has agreed a referral partnership with Newcastle Building Society. The building society...

Air Group launches on-demand adviser event

Later life specialist, Air Group, has launched ‘On Air’, an on-demand event for advisers...

2020 retirees supporting families with £3,700 a year

New research from later life lending adviser Key has found that 34% of those...

SimplyBiz Mortgages appoints equity release referral partner

SimplyBiz Mortgages is expanding on its relationship with Key Partnerships, which sees the later...

Pure Retirement introduces new repayment calculators

Pure Retirement has launched new equity release repayment calculators as part of a range...

Q3 agreed equity release plans up 41%

The Equity Release Council has revealed that the number of new equity release plans...

LV= to hold CPD-qualifying equity release underwriting webinar

LV= is hosting a CPD-qualifying equity release underwriting seminar to show to advisers how...

£123bn in housing equity available to release in South East

There was a quarterly increase of £100bn in equity available for release in UK...

Pure Retirement introduces servicing sub-brand

Later life lending provider Pure Retirement has launched its Pure Servicing Solutions equity release...

Advise Wise adds Street View and Maps functionality

Advise Wise has integrated Google Street View and Google Map into the Advise Wise...

30% of older women think Covid will cause personal debt rise

New research has found that 33% of women aged over 54 who have taken...

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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