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Pensioners ‘earning’ £7k a year from their homes

The average over-65 homeowner has seen property wealth gains worth £159,000, the equivalent of...

The Vernon removes qualification need from retirement mortgage

The Vernon Building Society has changed the lending policy on its retirement mortgage, removing...

Pure Retirement becomes LLA Ambassador

AIR Sourcing has revealed that Pure Retirement has become the first provider to plug into...

Twenty7Tec launches equity release sourcing

Twenty7Tec has unveiled what it claims to be the UK’s first "truly blended" sourcing...

Retirement Advantage offers equity release lead generation workshops

Retirement Advantage has announced a series of lead generation training workshops to help advisers...

Retirement lending market set to surpass £142bn by 2027

Over 65s will have amassed a record £86bn of debt in 2018, up from...

L&G joins up with Twenty7Tec for lifetime mortgage sourcing

Legal & General has announced a new partnership with Twenty7Tec that will see the...

Key Partnerships becomes latest provider partner for Panacea Adviser

Panacea Adviser, an online community and resource for financial advisers and paraplanners, has announced...

FSE: more later life lending advisers will be needed

The later life lending sector has sufficient advisers to cope with demand at present...

KR Group extends FSE backing

Key Retirement Group (KR Group) is supporting advisers aiming to develop their businesses in...

Sir Steve Webb to keynote National Later Life Conference

Answers in Retirement, the organisers of the inaugural National Later Life Conference, has announced the...

Key Retirement takes stake in AIR Group

Key Retirement Group (KR Group) has acquired a stake in Answers in Retirement Group...

More 2 Life expects over £1bn in equity release applications

More 2 Life says it is on track for over £1bn of loan applications in...

Property wealth used for diverse range of retirement reasons

Older homeowners are tapping in to property wealth to fund a diverse range of...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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More than half of landlords plan portfolio expansion

More than half of buy-to-let landlords intend to grow their portfolios in the coming...

Phoebus secures ISO recertification to bolster SaaS security resilience

Phoebus has renewed its ISO 27001 accreditation, achieving recertification to the updated 2022 standard...

Homes priced too high take twice as long to sell

Homes listed above market value take more than twice as long to sell, Zoopla...

Computershare and The DPS extend support to youth homelessness charity

Computershare Loan Services and The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) have made their fifth...