Equity Release

‘Sandwich generation’ now more open to equity release post-Covid

OneFamily has reported that 20% of those considering equity release say that Covid-19's impact...

Over three-quarters of retirees “frozen out of mortgage market”

Over 80% of retired homeowners can’t access a mortgage of any kind that meets...

More2life revamps ‘Tailored’ product range

More2life has launched its refreshed ‘Tailored’ plan range, with new fixed early repayment charges...

LV= unveils equity release drawdown product and portal

LV= has launched a new platform supporting all its current products and the launch...

Covid-19: rise in financial gifting sentiment

More people wanting to help younger family members financially following the coronavirus crisis. The survey...

Pure Retirement restructures its expanding intermediary sales team

Pure Retirement has announced the expansion of its intermediary sales team. National coverage will be...

Public doesn’t understand ‘no negative equity’ promise

Research suggests that awareness and education about equity release needs to improve further. An Age Partnership...

Dynamo for Intermediaries expands panel

Dynamo for Intermediaries has added Hodge to its lender panel. Members of Dynamo for Intermediaries...

Sharp fall in Q2 equity release volumes

The Equity Release Council has revealed that £698m of property wealth was accessed by older homeowners...

Care funding squeeze turns spotlight on property

Over-55s are more concerned than ever about how they would meet the costs of...

Advise Wise appoints head of distribution

Advise Wise has announced the appointment of Craig Faulkiner as its head of distribution. Faulkiner...

Canada Life cuts Capital Select and Lifetime Options rates

Canada Life has made rate reductions to all its Capital Select Options of between...

Covid: short-term fall in borrowing by the over-55s expected

New research from more2life and Cebr has found that over-55s are expected to borrow £19bn...

Advise Wise unveils exclusive membership programme

Advise Wise has launched Advise Wise Plus, an exclusive membership for select later life...

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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