Equity Release

Age Partnership rapped for misleading advertising

Age Partnership has had a television ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A...

Y3S Group rebrands to Specialist Mortgage Group

South Wales-based finance group Y3S has become the Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG). It consists of...

Faster application process launched by More 2 Life

Equity release lender More 2 Life has announced its fastest-ever application process, with a customer receiving...

Large increase in equity released in North West

Responsible Equity Release has revealed that homeowners have released 50% more equity from their...

FCA outlines Ageing Population Project findings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an Occasional Paper outlining the findings from...

Pure Retirement releases new online portal

Pure Retirement has unveiled a new broker portal which offers facilities for online applications,...

Retirement Advantage adds fee free cashback product

Retirement Advantage has introduced a cashback version of its Lifestyle Platinum equity release product....

More 2 Life lowers Capital Choice Plan age requirement

Equity release lender, More 2 Life, is lowering the age limit of borrowers who...

MBE London to feature Equity Release Council seminars and debate

The Equity Release Council will be holding seminars and a panel Q&A at Mortgage...

Key Retirement appoints CEO

Key Retirement has promoted Will Hale to CEO. Hale, who joined Key Retirement Group in...

AIR Sourcing becomes Equity Release Council member

Sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending, AIR Sourcing, has joined the Equity Release...

LLA unveils New Horizons events

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced a series of events entitled ‘New Horizons’ to support...

FSE 2017: mooted interest-only changes welcomed

The Financial Services Expo (FSE) London exhibition yesterday saw later life lending experts welcome...

Average equity release rates fall to new low

The number of product options available in the equity release market has grown significantly...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...
News

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...
Technology

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...
News

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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