Equity Release

Protection and life sales down but equity release up at LV=

LV= has reported operating profit of £136 million for 2018, up £2m on the...

New recruits for Key Partnerships

Key Partnerships has reported record growth and says it will almost double the size...

OneFamily unveils highest LTV lifetime mortgage

Equity release provider OneFamily is launching a "super" loan-to-value (LTV) lifetime mortgage for homeowners...

Responsible Lending appoints development director

Responsible Lending has appointed Tim Waterlow as its new development director. Waterlow (pictured) joins the equity...

More 2 Life introduces SMS booking system

More 2 Life has launched SMS text appointment booking in partnership with e.surv Chartered...

Lack of retirement funding knowledge amongst over-55s

The majority of workers over 55 aren’t aware of the different options for funding...

46 FTBs per week helped by equity release: Canada Life

Family members taking out equity release helped 46 first-time buyers a week onto the...

PMS and Sesame launch Later Life Lending Hub

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are helping advisers in the Retirement Interest Only...

L&G unveils new lifetime mortgage LTVs

Legal & General Home Finance has made a series of changes to its Flexible...

Increased broker demand for later-life lending

New research from Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed that later-life lending products...

DPR completes API integration with AiR Sourcing

Mortgage systems provider DPR has integrated its illustration API with the AiR Sourcing platform. The...

The Marsden partners with The Right Equity Release

The Marsden Building Society has teamed up with The Right Equity Release to launch...

Legal & General Home Finance to hold four more CII-led equity release workshops

Legal & General Home Finance will offer four additional CII-led workshops for mortgage brokers. The...

SortRefer unveils equity release legal product

SortRefer has launched an equity release legal service for advisers and their customers. The product...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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