Equity Release

Key Retirement appoints deputy CEO

Key Retirement Group has promoted Simon Thompson to the newly-created position of deputy CEO. Thompson...

Bower launches equity release training academy

Bower Retirement has unveiled an equity release training academy to support new recruits as it...

Lifetime rates at record lows

Lifetime mortgage rates have fallen to new record lows following reductions in government bond...

Equity release market on track for new all-time high

Retired homeowners have been withdrawing over £6.8 million of property wealth a day, according to new...

Retirement specialist seeks to create 100 new jobs

Age Partnership is aiming to attract over 100 new recruits to its team over...

Key Partnerships to hold October seminars

Key Partnerships is expanding its support for IFAs and mortgage brokers with a number of seminars...

Ticking time bomb for interest-only borrowers

27% of all interest-only mortgage holders may not be able to pay back their...

Call to raise retirement lending awareness

More 2 Life is urging advisers to enter the lifetime lending sector and make unlocking equity part...

Equity release lending at highest level for over a decade

The autumn 2016 Equity Release Market Report from the Equity Release Council has reported growth of...

OneFamily joins L&G later life panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added OneFamily to its direct to lender Later Life...

£1tn now in retirees’ property wealth

Retired homeowners have seen their property wealth break through the £1 trillion barrier for...

Advisers don’t want easier access to equity release

Nearly two-thirds of attendees in a seminar focusing on equity release at this year’s...

More 2 Life invests in staff and service

More 2 Life has increased staff numbers by 53% over the past 18 months and...

Equity release funding family deposits

Almost one in three equity release customers are using cash to fund deposits for...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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