Equity Release

Record low rates driving equity release switching enquiries

Enquiries from existing equity release customers about switching plans are on the rise beacons...

Over 65s ‘have property wealth of £1.054 trillion’

Retired homeowners have each earned more than £2,400 a month from their houses in...

OneFamily becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced OneFamily as its latest Ambassador. OneFamily offers...

Equity release could help 450,000 FTBs

Releasing property equity from the so-called 'Bank of Mum and Dad' has the potential...

Anniversary benefit from Equity Release Club

Equity Release Club has announced a new member benefit to mark its 10-year anniversary. As part...

Second charge distributor buys broker-packager

Second charge distributor Fluent Money Group has announced the purchase of Manchester based broker...

Pure Retirement sponsors new Air Sourcing site

Pure Retirement is sponsoring the launch of Air Sourcing’s Version 2 website this June, which...

Financial and emotional barriers to downsizing

Bower Retirement 's latest Adviser Tracker research has found that its specialist advisers estimate...

More 2 Life: see ‘the bigger picture’

Equity release lender More 2 Life has launched a campaign urging advisers to see...

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...

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

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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