Equity Release

Warning sounded over potential advice polarisation in later life lending

Polarisation of advice could become an issue in later life lending Aaron Conlon, managing director...

Extra equity release education and resources called for

88% of advisers said there was a need for greater education and additional resources...

KR Group appoints group director of change

KR group has appointed Georgina Callaghan as group Director of Change. Callaghan (pictured) joins the provider...

Equity release market could pass £4bn mark in 2018

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are releasing an average £76,967...

Canada Life adds flexibility to lifetime mortgage range

Canada Life Home Finance has unveiled Capital Select Options, a new product range which...

Equity release rates on the increase

Latest analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk has found that over the last three months, over half...

Housing wealth to finance retirement

Who should use housing wealth in retirement? That, unfortunately, is not the right question...

More 2 Life wants Budget support for retirement lending market

Ahead of this afternoon's Budget, equity release lender More 2 Life has issued its ‘Wish List’,...

Right Mortgage Network completes equity release workshops

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held the third in its series of specialist...

More 2 Life breaks £2bn loan mark

More 2 Life has now more than £2 billion worth of loans under management, doubling...

Over £1bn in equity released in a single quarter for first time

The latest quarterly lending figures from the Equity Release Council have revealed that homeowners...

Advice “vital” in transforming equity release market

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships, has said that with the number of equity...

New Pure Retirement range aims to open up later life lending

Pure Retirement has launched a new product suite called the Sovereign range. Sovereign aims to...

Key Partnerships appoints national account manager

Key Partnerships has recruited Kay Westgarth to the position of national account manager. Most recently, Westgarth...

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...

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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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