Equity Release

Key launches The Equity Release Experts with nearly 100 advisers

Equity release adviser Key now has 97 advisers working under its whole of market...

New mortgage club for later life lending launches

Later life lending specialist Advise Wise has launched a mortgage club. With the move, Advise...

Pure Retirement expands Classic Lifetime Mortgage availability

Pure Retirement has made its Classic Lifetime Mortgage range available to a wider section...

Only 40% of property owners happy with expected retirement income

Research for later life adviser Key has found that almost one in three people...

TMA adds Legal & General Home Finance to equity release panel

TMA Club has added retirement lending solutions provider Legal & General Home Finance to...

TSF Consultants becomes ambassador for LLA

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced TSF Consultants as its latest Ambassador firm. TSF...

Light shed on gender differences in later life lending

Almost double number the of retired single women as men are choosing to generate...

Two hires for new later life lending platform

Advise Wise has appointed Jane Hanlon and Jon Tweed, to head the development of...

£381bn in equity release available to over-55s

Research by Canada Life has found that the amount of available equity within older...

Negative stories biggest barrier to equity release growth

New research by Canada Life has found that the equity release sector faces a...

Rise in numbers using equity release to pay off debts

LV= has revealed an increase in the number of people aged over 65 using...

Equity Release Council reports large membership growth

The Equity Release Council has revealed that its membership has increased by 97% in...

Aviva joins Air Sourcing platform

Answers in Retirement Group has announced the addition of Aviva’s lifetime mortgage rates into its...

Year-on-year fall for equity release

Latest data from Key has revealed that retired homeowners released more than £3.4 billion...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...