Equity Release

£10k bill for ‘retirement ready’ home improvements

Making their home 'retirement ready' will cost retired homeowners £10,400 on average, according to...

21% rise in equity release last month

The number of homeowners taking out an equity release plan reached record levels for...

Housing for older people

‘The inquiry will examine whether the housing on offer for this group of people...

Two new non-exec directors for Legal & General Home Finance

Legal & General Home Finance has appointed a pair of new non-executive directors to...

Strong growth for enhanced equity release plans

Key Retirement’s Q3 Equity Release Market Monitor shows total property wealth released by new...

Equity release percentage fees ‘not TCF’

JLM Mortgage Services belives the charging of percentage-based advice fees on equity release products is...

Key Retirement teams up with live-in care provider

Key Retirement has partnered with live-in care provider Elder to grow the number of...

Completed equity release plans at record levels

The number of homeowners releasing equity from their properties reached a new record in...

Nationwide joins Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has reported that Nationwide has become a member of the...

Nationwide offers lifetime mortgage deal

The Nationwide Building Society is launching a lifetime mortgage product. In summer 2016 Nationwide extended...

More 2 Life offers access to senior underwriters

More 2 Life has announced a new initiative to make its senior underwriters available...

Equity release being used to go on holiday

During the third quarter of 2017, almost one in eight equity release customers used...

Key Partnerships to back Festival of Financial Planning

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships is highlighting the opportunities and challenges in the...

SimplyBiz Mortgages launches Northern showcase

SimplyBiz Mortgages is to hold its final showcase for 2017 in Bolton. Following events...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you...

Richard Goppy to rejoin PMS as director of acquisition and key accounts

PMS Mortgage Club has confirmed the appointment of Richard Goppy as director of acquisition...

Renters’ Rights Act to reshape buy-to-let risk models

The Renters’ Rights Act is set to trigger a fundamental shift in how lenders assess risk...

MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...

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