Equity Release

Questioning equity release client health ‘a must’

The option to offer your equity release clients enhanced terms means advisers should always...

Retirement Advantage enhances equity release offering

Retirement Advantage has added Lifestyle Lite to its Lifestyle Options product range, with the monthly interest...

OneFamily launches lifetime mortgage comparison tool

OneFamily has introduced a lifetime mortgage calculator that provides advisers with the ability to...

Personal Touch joins Equity Release Council

Adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services has joined the Equity Release Council.   Latest figures...

More 2 Life offers faster commission payments

More 2 Life has introduced a new payment process so it can now pay advisers the...

Interest-only borrowing behind equity release rise

Key Retirement has found that 22% of customers used property wealth to clear mortgage...

New directors at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has appointed two new board directors following a vote by...

Housing wealth to fill gap left by pension income

A new report from the Equity Release Council has said that wealth accumulated by...

Increase in popularity of early inheritances

New research from Key Retirement has revealed that parents want to give away an...

L&G hires lifetime mortgages’ operations director

Legal & General has appointed Mike Thompson to the position of operations director of its...

Record year-on-year growth in equity release

The first quarter of 2017 saw the equity release sector reach record annual growth in new...

Paradigm to offer later life lending event

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to hold its first later life lending event in June. The half-day...

Key Retirement at MBE Leeds

Key Retirement Group is supporting Mortgage Business Expo’s focus on equity release lending and advice. Key’s...

Average equity release fixed rates at record low

Latest research by Moneyfacts.co.uk has established that the equity release market has continued to evolve...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

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