Equity Release

Equity Release Associates appoints managing director

Equity Release Associates (ERA), a network for self-employed equity release advisers, has appointed Sara...

Advise Wise integrates with LV= to offer ‘instant KFIs’ and direct online apps

Advise Wise has announced the successful completion of an advanced API integration with LV=. This...

Advise Wise adds Forever Legal to one-click instruction feature

Advise Wise has announced the extension of its one-click instruction feature to Forever Legal’s...

LiveMore overhauls unveils new lifetime products and adds drawdown

LiveMore has expanded its lifetime equity release products to further widen financial options for...

The equity release market is dead… long live the later life lending market!

A few weeks ago, I struggled through the snow to attend the Equity Release...

LiveMore achieves triple digit growth in revenue and lending

LiveMore has calculated that it will have generated year-on-year growth of 300% in revenue...

Large lifetime loans offer useful option for high net worth clients

A big discussion point for many advisers and their clients recently has been the...

LiveMore reduces all its mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across all its 200+ mortgages, spanning standard, retirement interest-only (RIO)...

Broker satisfaction with lenders remains high

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has released its Mortgage Lender Benchmark...

Opportunities prevail in later life lending

The evolution of the later life lending market over the last 10 years has...

Optimistic outlook for later life market despite lifetime mortgage slump

UK Finance has reported that that there were 5,830 new lifetime mortgages advanced in...

Cumberland BS completes £1.1m holiday let & equity release

The Cumberland Building Society has helped investors Mike and Elina James to transform their...

Equity release sector urged to ‘level up’

Equity Release Group (ERG) has called for heightened online accuracy and an "enriched" consumer...

Right Mortgage Network outlines 2025 event schedule

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its calendar of events for members...

Latest POLL

COMMENT

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

Latest news

HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Affordability pressures deepen in Wales and North East as rental divergence widens

Regional divergence within the UK’s private rented sector has become more pronounced, with new...

Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options

Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...

PROFILES