Equity Release

Key Retirement highlighting equity release challenges and opportunities

Key Retirement Group is extending its backing of Financial Services Expo to support advisers...

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals Spring conference details

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its Spring Conference on Wednesday 14 March....

More 2 Life unveils Maximum Choice product

More 2 Life has announced its Maximum Choice equity release product, offering rates of 5.65%...

Solicitors worry their finance knowledge is out of date

New research from equity release referral service Key Partnerships has found that lawyers are...

Solicitors worry their property finance knowledge is out of date

New research from equity release referral service Key Partnerships has found that lawyers are...

Age Partnership teams up with Knowledge Bank

Equity release specialist Age Partnership has joined forces with criteria search system Knowledge Bank.  Brokers...

More 2 Life offers joint borrower Capital Choice Plan feature

More 2 Life has added an additional feature to its Capital Choice Plan for joint...

Over-65s’ property wealth up £37bn in 12 months

Key Retirement has found that retired homeowners have gained more than £7,900 each in...

Right Mortgage & Protection unveils later life lending network

The Right Mortgage & Protection network has launched its Later Life Lending Network, specialising...

Paradigm joins forces with Age Partnership

Paradigm Mortgage Services has agreed a new equity release referral service for its members...

‘Silver spenders’ supporting UK output by £7bn

New research from Legal & General Home Finance and the Centre for Economics and...

Key Partnerships hires BDM for Midlands

Gillian Roberts has been appointed as a business development manager (BDM) in the Midlands...

Ambitious growth plans for retirement specialist

Age Partnership has revealed further expansion plans for 2018, which include doubling its office...

JLM Mortgage Services unveils equity release firm

JLM Mortgage Services has launched a new equity release advisory firm called Equity Release...

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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