Equity Release

Key Partnerships agrees deal with Paradigm

Key Partnerships has announced a new referral partnership with Paradigm mortgage club. Key Partnerships is...

LV= resumes physical valuations for equity release

LV= is reintroducing physical valuations for new equity release customers, allowing them to resume...

New CEO for Age Partnership

Equity release provider, Age Partnership Group, has appointed Steve Auckland as its new CEO. Auckland...

An evolving market

Q: Has equity release become mainstream? A: To an extent. I’ve been in the intermediary...

Responsible Lending unveils 2.45% lifetime mortgage

Responsible Lending has introduced a new lifetime mortgage at 2.45%. The introduction of the new...

Pure Retirement offers 40% annual repayments ERC-free

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 40 product, offering customers the ability...

Advise Wise joins Equity Release Council

Advise Wise has become the latest member of the Equity Release Council. Advise Wise will...

Later life lending: rate still king for advisers

Rate is the most important factor cited by advisers when recommending a later life...

Pure Retirement unveils new valuation processes

Pure Retirement has introduced a new valuation processes across its full product range, in...

Report: advisers expect to expand later life advice

44% of mortgage advisers are active in the later life market, with equity release...

Knowledge Bank partners with Hodge

Knowledge Bank has joined forces with specialist lender Hodge, to provide brokers with criteria...

Equity Release Supermarket expands free calculator functionality

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has expansion its customer-focussed online tools. ERS were the first broker...

Responsible Group appoints former Confused.com CEO

Carlton Hood has been appointed CEO of Responsible Group, which includes the retirement mortgage...

Advise Wise unveils ‘instant KFI’ for Pure Retirement plans

Advise Wise has introduced an 'instant KFI' feature on its platform for all Pure...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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