Equity Release

FSE: more later life lending advisers will be needed

The later life lending sector has sufficient advisers to cope with demand at present...

KR Group extends FSE backing

Key Retirement Group (KR Group) is supporting advisers aiming to develop their businesses in...

Sir Steve Webb to keynote National Later Life Conference

Answers in Retirement, the organisers of the inaugural National Later Life Conference, has announced the...

Key Retirement takes stake in AIR Group

Key Retirement Group (KR Group) has acquired a stake in Answers in Retirement Group...

More 2 Life expects over £1bn in equity release applications

More 2 Life says it is on track for over £1bn of loan applications in...

Property wealth used for diverse range of retirement reasons

Older homeowners are tapping in to property wealth to fund a diverse range of...

Equity release growth driven by gifting

Key Retirement has found that gifting is continuing to drive expansion in the equity...

SimplyBiz Group reveals Advice Show line up

SimplyBiz Group is to host a mortgage, general insurance and protection focussed online broadcast of...

One-third of adults in drawdown have never invested before

32% of people using drawdown to fund their retirement have no investment experience, yet...

Retirement Advantage adds new exam workshop dates

Retirement income provider Retirement Advantage is to add more Equity Release Exam Workshop dates...

Retirement Advantage launches new high net worth equity release product

Retirement Advantage has launched a new equity release product aimed at high net worth...

National Later Life Conference lineup revealed

Answers in Retirement has published the speaker line-up for June's inaugural National Later Life Conference. The event...

Paradigm Mortgage Services to hold later life events in June

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a series of later life lending events for advisers which...

More 2 Life appoints director of funding and product development

Equity release lender More 2 Life has appointed Roland Steere as director of funding and...

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,...

Latest news

First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

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

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

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

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

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

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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