Equity Release

Advise Wise unveils exclusive membership programme

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

More2life resumes application-to-offer service promise

More2life has announced the return of its 14 working day service promise which will...

2.35% MER equity release rate unveiled

Pure Retirement has made changes to the rates on its Sovereign products, resulting in...

London has £96bn of housing equity available for release

Canada Life has calculated that nearly 500 billion of equity available for release in...

Hodge continues ambassadorial role for LLA

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced a continuation of its relationship with later...

Hodge cuts all 60% LTV RIO mortgage rates

Retirement lender Hodge has reduced its rates on a selection of its later life mortgages...

Covid-19 causing over-60s to rethink care plans

Canada Life has reported that 55% of the million over-60s who say they are...

Equity release customer numbers fell 27% in Q2

The latest Market Monitor from Key has found that while homeowners aged 55+ released...

Just unveils “UK’s first” green lifetime mortgage

Just Group has added a new feature – a green lifetime mortgage – as...

Hodge pleased with CPD-accredited webinar take-up

Hodge has revealed that over 100 intermediaries attended each of the six CPD-accredited webinars held...

It’s vital to have access to all the options

With a mini-Budget or a non-Budget ‘Budget’ on its way imminently, the industry has...

More2life launches first stage of Iress integration

Iress has unveiled the first part of an integration with the more2life API (application...

Equity release demand could rise from interest-only ‘crunch’

An ‘interest-only mortgage crunch’ could see a wave of over-55s looking to equity release...

Equity Release Council updates adviser checklist

The Equity Release Council has made an update to a key safeguard that highlights...

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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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

Landbay lowers core buy-to-let rates and raises loan limits to £1.5m

Landbay has cut rates by 20 basis points (bps) across selected products in its...

Accord raises buy-to-let maximum loan sizes to £1.5m

Accord has increased the maximum loan size across parts of its buy-to-let range, in...

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