Equity Release

OneFamily appoints BDM for the North West

OneFamily has appointed Donna Johnson as a business development manager (BDM) in its adviser...

Confidence in the specialist lending market continues to rise

Masthaven Bank's latest Broker Beat report has found that 73% of intermediaries working in...

The Marsden makes widespread fixed rate cuts

The Marsden Building Society has reduced fixed rate mortgages across its full product range...

Rebrand for Air Group businesses

Answers in Retirement Group has announced a rebranding of all businesses. The rebranding means...

Canada Life unveils online customer hub

Canada Life has introduced a hub on its website to help existing mortgage customers with...

Later life lending market to double in a decade

The later life lending market is set to almost double in size over the...

Lifetime mortgages rise in popularity for women

Canada Life has claimed that recent trend data suggest a growing demand for lifetime...

OneFamily expands lifetime mortgage support teams

OneFamily has added two new underwriters and three mortgage processors to its lifetime mortgage...

The Newbury BS joins Equity Release Club panel

The Newbury Building Society has become the latest lender to join the Equity Release...

Attitude shift in older homeowners to property and retirement planning

A new report from the Equity Release Council has found that 51% of homeowners...

3.5m over-65s feel guilty about spending cash

29% of people in the UK aged over 65 worry about spending money on...

Over-55s reveals their dream home improvements

SunLife has asked 1,001 homeowners over 55 what renovations they would make to their...

Average equity release rate sub-5% for first time

Latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk has revealed that the average equity release rate has dropped below...

The Saffron agrees exclusive referral deal with Key Partnerships

The Saffron Building Society has entered into an exclusive partnership with equity release referral...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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