Equity Release

Dean Mirfin quits day-to-day Key Group role

Following nearly 22 years at Key Group, Dean Mirfin, chief product officer at Key...

October rise in first-time buyer completions

UK Finance has reported that there were 32,260 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Equity Release Summit to be held in March

Registration is open for next year’s inaugural Equity Release Summit, which is being organised...

Key Group appoints group B2B distribution director

Key Group has promoted Russell Warwick, formerly strategy director) to group B2B distribution director. Warwick...

Canada Life improves Capital Select offering

Canada Life has made rate and LTV changes across all of its Capital Select...

Air Group reveals 2020 later life conference details

Air Group has revealed that its third annual National Later Life Adviser Conference will take...

November “a month of massive change in mortgage criteria searching”

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most popular criteria searches that brokers conducted in November. In...

TMA expands equity release panel with Just appointment

TMA Club has added retirement lending solutions provider Just to its equity release panel. Just is the fifth...

Growing number of people still don’t understand equity release

Despite recent figures showing that £2.8 billion in lifetime mortgages was lent by the...

Equity release demand to be driven by debt, say advisers

According to a survey of equity release-qualified financial advisers carried out by Canada Life,...

16% of RIO mortgages used for gifting

Later life specialist Hodge has reported that that 16% of those who take out...

New equity release product “launched every 48 hours”

Advisers and their customers now have over 314 equity release plan options – an...

Advisers want equity release education to boost market in 2020

Advisers think better education for customers is the number one factor for making equity...

Chief examiner in regulated equity release appointed

Graham Evans, head of compliance at Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), has been appointed the...

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...

PROFILES