Equity Release

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...

Lifetime mortgage growth continues unabated

The Equity Release Council’s Spring 2019 Market Report has found that over the course...

Later Life Lending Network partners with AIR Group

The Later Life Lending Network has announced a partnership with Answers in Retirement Group (AIR...

Over-55s unaware that equity release is available to mortgage borrowers

Research from SunLife has revealed that two-thirds of over 55s don’t know that they...

Poynton Law unveils equity release case tracking for intermediaries

Poynton Law has launched its new equity release case tracking system to intermediaries. The system...

Pure Retirement now servicing over £1bn in loans

Pure Retirement has revealed that it is now servicing over £1bn of loans, for...

Lifetime mortgage borrowers increasingly making monthly repayments

Growing numbers of homeowners with a lifetime mortgage are making monthly payments on their...

Head of sales for Key Direct appointed

Equity release adviser Key has appointed Kyle Lilford as head of sales for Key...

Canada Life introduces new lifetime mortgage option

Canada Life Home Finance has unveiled Capital Select Lite, which provides homeowners with the...

LV= plans to end friendly society status

Mutual insurance, retirement and investment group LV= plans to convert to a company limited...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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