Equity Release

L&G Home Finance to hold retirement lending roundtables

Legal & General Home Finance is to hold a series of CISI-accredited breakfast roundtables...

Adults children concerned over finances of their parents

60% of adult children (30–55 years old) are worried about their parents’ finances, according...

LLA to hold ‘Training in Care’ events in April

The Later Life Academy (LLA) is to host a series of events called ‘Training in...

Average age of equity release customers expected to rise this year

Canada Life Home Finance has revealed that more than two-fifths of financial advisers expect...

Networks to hold later life lending seminars

HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) are hosting two seminars focussing on Later...

More 2 Life integrated into AiR Sourcing API platform

AiR Sourcing says it has fully integrated lifetime mortgage provider More 2 Life into its independent...

Responsible Lending offers drawdown financial advice

Responsible Lending has today introduced financial advice on tailored drawdown options across all of...

The importance of getting the Pensions Dashboard right

The responses to the Pensions Dashboard consultation and some of the subsequent social media...

More 2 Life unveils interactive LTV calculator

More 2 Life has launched a new enhanced Loan To Value (LTV) calculator for...

Canada Life offers workshops for equity release-qualified advisers

Canada Life Home Finance is to hold a number of events for equity release-qualified...

Pure Retirement introduces equity release Android app

Pure Retirement has launched its new adviser-facing mobile app. The firm believes it to be...

Record quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has reported a record fourth quarter of 2018, with 82,791...

Openwork partners with Canada Life for lifetime mortgage launch

Openwork is launching its own lifetime mortgage proposition in an exclusive partnership with Canada...

L&G Home Finance launches Income Lifetime Mortgage with TV ad

Legal & General Home Finance has introduced its new Income Lifetime Mortgage to customers...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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