Equity Release

Equity Release Council to introduce new competency framework

The Equity Release Council unveiled a series of initiatives at its Annual General Meeting (AGM)...

AIR Group to hold second later life adviser conference

AIR Group's second annual National Later Life Adviser Conference, in association with the Equity...

New BDM at More 2 Life

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as a business development manager (BDM)...

Later life lending expansion “well timed”

New research from the Ipswich Building Society has found that one in 10 anticipate...

New Saffron RIO deal for L&G Mortgage Club

The Saffron Building Society has launched a Retirement Interest Only (RIO) Mortgage exclusively through...

Later life care funding worrying families

Families are increasingly concerned with how to fund care in later life for elderly...

More 2 Life unveils new Capital Choice Lite products

More 2 Life has announced the launch of its ‘Capital Choice Lite’ plans, offering...

Canada Life to hold equity release lead generation workshops

Canada Life Home Finance is to run a new series set of events in...

Equity release borrower choice continues to expand

Key Partnerships has reported that equity release lenders now offer 233 plan options across...

The Nationwide to offer dedicated advice for later life lending

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a new range of three later life mortgage...

L&G “explores” in-house lifetime mortgage advice

Legal & General says it is exploring its options with regard to providing financial...

TMA expands equity release panel

TMA Club has added lifetime mortgage provider, OneFamily, to its equity release panel. Members of...

Shift in broker criteria searches in March

Knowledge Bank's latest criteria activity tracker has shown a shift in broker searches regarding...

31% tax burden for retired households

New research has established that retired households pay out the equivalent of 31% of...

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...

Latest news

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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