Equity Release

Three senior appointments for L&G retail retirement division

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Jon Scannell, Meg Dickens and Sara...

Pure Retirement hires business development manager

Hattie Tales has become Pure Retirement's new business development manager for the south of...

Regulation seen as main barrier to equity release growth

More 2 Life has reported that while advisers have a positive outlook on the future...

Equity release market breaks £3bn barrier

Key Retirement has reported that retired homeowners released over £3 billion of property wealth...

SimplyBiz Group offers exclusive access to HUB Referral Solutions

The SimplyBiz Group has teamed up with Just Group to offer its members exclusive...

New chairman for Key Retirement Group

Key Retirement Group has appointed Steve Groves as its chairman. The retirement services firm says...

Membership growth at the Equity Release Council

The membership of the Equity Release Council has increased annually by 23%, rising to 219...

OneFamily unveils new two year fixed lifetime offer

OneFamily has launched a new two year fixed offer across its range of lifetime...

£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...
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COMMENT

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,...

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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...
House prices

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

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

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

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

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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