Equity Release

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...

Equity release customers using property wealth to clear debts

One third of equity release customers are unlocking wealth from their properties to clear...

PTFS selects Pure Retirement for equity release support

Personal Touch Financial Services has chosen Pure Retirement to provide its appointed representatives (ARs)...

L&G and Co-op Bank partner for lifetime mortgages

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has agreed a five-year deal with the Co-operative...

FP Show to host later life lending and GDPR speeches

The Finance Professional Show, which takes place on 8 November, has announced the addition of...

Continued rise in drawdown customers

The Equity Release Council has reported that over-55s withdrew a total of £824 million...

Costs of being a pensioner revealed

Key Retirement has reported that the the average annual cost of being a pensioner...

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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