Equity Release

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...

Key makes head of advice sales hire 

Equity release adviser Key has appointed Rachel East as head of advice sales: whole...

OneFamily improves variable rate lifetime mortgages

OneFamily has made a number of changes to its two-year fixed and variable rate...

HNW Lending unveils equity release product

HNW Lending has launched an equity release product for clients who want to release...

More 2 Life adds drawdown option to Capital Choice Plan

More 2 Life is adding a drawdown facility to its Capital Choice Plan, allowing customers...

Advisers reshaping business with later life enquiry surge

A nationwide study by Prudential has found that advisers are seeing a surge in...

Cuts to stamp duty would help over-65s homeowners to downsize

Equity release advice firm Key believes that stamp duty reform could incentivise over-65s who are...

ARs “must call for later life lending support”

  Mortgage and protection network HL Partnership (HLP) believes appointed representatives (ARs) should be calling...

LV= becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has revealed that LV= has become its newest Ambassador firm. LV=...

Equity release growth driven by product expansion and flexibility

The number of equity release product options available has more than doubled in two...

More 2 Life introduces repayment calculator

Equity release lender More 2 Life has launched a partial repayment calculator for advisers. It...
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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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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...
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Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...
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Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...
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Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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