Equity Release

More 2 Life launches ‘on demand’ CPD webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life has launched a series of CPD webinars for...

Fluent Money expands into equity release market

Fluent Money has set up Fluent Lifetime Ltd -  representing the first phase of its...

Estate agents seeing value of equity release adviser partnerships

Key Partnerships has claimed that estate agents are increasingly valuing the potential of equity...

Record uptake of equity release adviser guide

The Equity Release Council has reported record numbers of downloads this year of The...

More 2 Life appoints director of operations and change management

More 2 Life has announced the appointment of Ben Waugh as director of operations and...

The Bucks teams up with Key Partnerships

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has signed an exclusive contract with equity release referral service...

Over 55s have an average of £282,623 of equity in their homes

SunLife has revealed that over 55s believe they need £114,436 for a "comfortable" retirement. The...

Q&A: Rob Jupp, chief executive officer at Brightstar Financial

BestAdvice (BA): What can you tell us about Brightstar’s new Later Life Lending service? Rob...

Brightstar unveils later life lending offering

Brightstar Financial has partnered with Sentry Lifetime to offer a later life lending service...

Legal & General Home Finance partners with Virgin Money

Legal & General Home Finance has agreed a new five-year partnership agreement with Virgin...

OneFamily makes two hires for intermediary sales team

OneFamily has appointed Chris Brown as a strategic account manager and Laurie Diiorio as...

More 2 Life appoints product manager

More 2 Life has appointed Jac Jones to the newly created role of product manager. Jones...

How can technology be used to meet rising demand for equity release?

The equity release market has experienced huge levels of growth in the last few...

Widows reluctant to downsize

47% of law firms regularly advised widows who are facing financial hardship to consider...
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COMMENT

Comment

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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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,...
completions

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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Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags

UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...

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