Equity Release

More 2 Life becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

Lack of equity release knowledge revealed

A recent survey found that 55% of homeowners aged 55 and over didn’t realise...

Key Retirement rebrands as Key

Independent adviser for equity release and later life lending, Key Retirement, has rebranded as...

£1bn of lifetime mortgage lending in a quarter “just around the corner”

The equity release market edged closer to £1bn of activity in a single quarter...

OneFamily Advice partners with Finance Planning Group

OneFamily Advice is to offer holistic retirement planning through a Finance Planning Group partnership. OneFamily...

Surge in equity release plans continues

Key Retirement has reported that retired homeowners released £1.71 billion of property wealth in...

Pure Retirement expands support for equity release advisers

Pure Retirement has recruited a further 24 members to its team. The firm aims to...

Fluent Money develops later life lending subsidiary

Fluent Money Group (FMG) has appointed Aaron Conlon as managing director of newly formed...

Top broker criteria search for self-employed borrowers

The monthly Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search...

Unsecured debt amongst 55 to 74-year olds on the rise

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life reveals that unsecured debt amongst 55 to...

Over-45s ‘willing to face up to tough choices’ over social care

Just Group has reported that the over-45s see tapping into the equity in their...

Key Retirement recruits advice delivery director

Key Retirement has added to its senior team with the appointment of Ian English...

Retirement “a 20th century concept”

Later life advisers have the opportunity to broaden their range of services to clients...

Minority government hindering solution to social care funding

The Chairman of the Equity Release Council, and former MP for Enfield Southgate, David...
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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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First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...
House prices

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...
Appointments

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...
Conveyancing

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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