Equity Release

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...

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...
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COMMENT

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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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House price growth slows as market uncertainty weighs on buyers

Annual UK house price growth eased to 1.8% in July as economic uncertainty and...
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Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings

More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...
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Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure

Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...
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Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare

More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...

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