Equity Release

Equity Release Council questions social care proposals

The Equity Release Council has expressed concern following publication of the government's white paper...

Improving fortunes for over-55s

Aviva has reported that the overall fortunes of the UK's over-55s have continued to...

Honister ARs offered lifeline

Key Retirement Solutions and Annuity People have teamed up to offer support to appointed...

Equity Release Council in Commons launch

The Equity Release Council has begun its public affairs engagement programme with yesterday's House...

Bridgewater to hold masterclass in Solihull

Bridgewater Equity Release has released details of its third Equity Release Advice Masterclass for...

Bridgewater provides ‘soft fact’ aid

Bridgewater Equity Release is calling on advisers to consider customers’ responses to a variety...

Why I support the Equity Release Council

A revamped and united trade body is set to deal with issues such as...

MetLife highlights ‘uncertain generation’

The average British 50-year-old has under half of the retirement savings they will need...

Advisers should highlight protected equity guarantees

External factors are bridging about innovation in the equity release market, More 2 Life...

Equity release for home improvement piloted

Just Retirement is to pilot an equity release service with home improvement agency Foundations. Over...

‘Squeezed middle’ struggling to make ends meet

Over half of Just Retirement Solutions' customers seeking advice on equity release were failing...

SHIP rebrands and widens membership

Equity release trade body SHIP has expanded its membership to include intermediaries, lawyers, surveyors...

Pavlovian aversion to reversion?

Peter Welch, head of sales and distribution of Bridgewater Equity Release Business psychology is...

Reasons for partial reversions revealed

Bridgewater Equity Release, the home reversion specialists, has published the reasons given by customers...
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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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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