Later Life

Equity release misconceptions continue

A home reversion specialist has warned that advisers active in the equity release sector...

Equity Release Council decries ‘knowledge and policy vacuum’

Nigel Waterson, chairman of the Equity Release Council has called for action to deal...

Partnership equity release products now available via PMS

PMS Mortgage Club has announced the addition of Partnership to its lender panel....

Bridgewater to hold equity release roundtable

Bridgewater Equity Release is to host a roundtable workshop event designed to support specialist...

More 2 life cuts Enhanced plan rate again

More 2 life has again reduced rates on its Enhanced equity release plan, the...

Growth in equity release plan sales

Increased sales of equity release lifetime mortgage plans have increased the average amount released...

Worrying lack of financial planning for later life

65% of UK adults are unaware, unwilling or unable to address the financial challenges...

Nascent broker interest in equity release

A survey conducted by Paradigm Mortgage Services has found a growing level of interest...

Equity release: still much to be done

88% of advisers surveyed by LV= believe the equity locked up in a property...

End-to-end service from KRS for downsizing over-55s

Key Retirement Solutions is launching a nationwide service to handle the house buying and...

Equity release in 2013

As an actuary, I’m trained to use evidence-based scientific methods to anticipate the range...

It makes sense to team up over advice

If you rewind back a few years to before the global financial crisis, financial...

Bridgewater releases aid on price of long-term care

Bridgewater Equity Release has launched the latest in its series of 'Just a thought...'...

Pink to improve its equity release AR support

Pink is improving its support programme for equity release authorised ARs. This will include a...

COMMENT

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...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Latest news

Help to Buy benefits skewed towards higher earners, IFS finds

Government-backed Help to Buy schemes delivered modest improvements in housing affordability, with the gains...

Buying still £500 cheaper than renting despite rates above 5%

Mortgage affordability continues to outperform renting despite rates pushing back above 5%, as lenders...

Property auctions post strong March as sales and funds raised climb

Property auction activity gathered pace in March, with both sales volumes and money raised...

Santander cuts higher loan-to-value rates for first-time buyers and movers

Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from...

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