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Missed opportunity?

In 2012, when Alan was 60, a member of his family got themselves into...

Retirees emotionally attached to family home

More 2 Life research gas found that the single biggest barrier to retirees downsizing is...

LLA offers new membership benefits

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has launched a new ‘Strength in Numbers’ campaign designed to...

Age Partnership plans large expansion

Age Partnership is recruiting for 75 new equity release advisers to join its team...

L&G appoints head of IFA sales for lifetime mortgages

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Rob Miles to the position of...

Continued record growth for equity release plan sales

Retired homeowners cashed in £1.25 billion of property wealth in the first half of...

Retirement Advantage appoints head of sales

Les Pick is to join Retirement Advantage as head of sales for its equity...

Interest-only still issue for older homeowners

More 2 Life research has indicated that 41% of over 65 year olds with...

Equity release rates continue to fall

Fixed lifetime mortgage interest rates fell for the seventh consecutive month in June 2017,...

FSE Wales: spread the equity release message

Dean Mirfin of Key Retirement told the audience at Wednesday's Financial Services Expo (FSE)...

Interest-only fears ‘driving house sales’

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships has claimed that estate agents are increasingly helping...

Record low rates driving equity release switching enquiries

Enquiries from existing equity release customers about switching plans are on the rise beacons...

Over 65s ‘have property wealth of £1.054 trillion’

Retired homeowners have each earned more than £2,400 a month from their houses in...

OneFamily becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced OneFamily as its latest Ambassador. OneFamily offers...

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Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

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Carter Jonas warns housing reforms ‘far from sufficient’ to tackle crisis

The government must go further than its initial wave of planning reforms if it...

South London dominates list of most popular London boroughs for buyers and renters

South London has emerged as the capital’s most sought-after area for both buyers and...

Household incomes fall nearly 9% in three years as tax and inflation bite

Households are nearly 9% worse off than they were before the pandemic, according to...

Millions of adults trapped at home as 98% priced out of first homes

Almost five million adults in Britain are unable to move out of their parents’...