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Connect for Intermediaries expands packager panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added the Family Building Society to its packaging lender panel. The...

More 2 Life unveils new Capital Choice feature

More 2 Life is adding fixed early repayment charges (ERCs) to its Capital Choice Plan...

Rising interest in equity release switching

Cuts in equity release rates are behind a rise in inquiries about switching plans...

Age Partnership buys web firm

Age Partnership has acquired website development and optimisation business The Marketing Lab. The acquisition sees...

Key Retirement appoints group CFO

Key Retirement Group has appointed Rob Scott as its new chief financial officer (CFO). He...

Retirement group outlines 2017 expansion plans

Answers in Retirement Ltd has announced the buy-back of 25% of the business which returns...

Pensioners will increasingly rely on housing equity

Price of homes in England have risen at twice the rate of pensioner households’ disposable...

Milestone reached by Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has welcomed its 500th member this month. The news follows another...

Over-65 homeowners have property wealth of £1.031 trillion

Retired homeowners have gained an average of £26,000 tax-free this year from their houses,...

Hodge Lifetime joins MCI panel

Hodge Lifetime has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. The lender...

More over-55s expect to take debt into retirement

More 2 Life has found that 40% of Britons over the age of 55 will still...

More 2 Life supports FCA training move

Equity release lender More 2 Life has welcomed the recent move by the Financial...

Bower Retirement Services rebrands

National specialist adviser Bower Retirement Services has changed its name to Bower Retirement. The adviser firm, founded...

Call for equity release conveyancer expansion

Key Retirement is calling for more conveyancing firms to provide specialist equity release services...

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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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Blackstone and Pluto Finance launch £2bn real estate partnership

Blackstone has struck a £2 billion partnership with Pluto Finance to expand its presence...

Property chief urges Reeves to prioritise housing reforms in Budget

Rachel Reeves has been urged to use next month’s Autumn Budget to deliver decisive...

Remortgage completions fall sharply as borrowers face higher payments

The number of remortgage completions fell by more than a quarter in August as...

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...