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Equity Release 2016 – The Changing Landscape
Looking back a mere 12 months or so, the landscape of Equity Release and in particular, Lifetime Mortgages has changed dramatically. Yes, the number of people utilising some of the wealth generated in their property has increased to a record level equating to over £1.7bn in 2015, but this has been driven in no small […]
Steps to Finding the Best Equity Release Scheme
Each year the equity release industry celebrates its achievements at the Merchants Taylors Hall with its version of the Equity Release Awards 2014. This year in...
The Importance of Annual Equity Release Reviews
It’s always a thrill to call my clients when their equity release application finally completes. That’s the time when they’ll receive their equity release p...
Revealed – How the Bank of Mum & Dad use Equity Release to Fund 1st Time Buyers
It has recently come to my attention, having watched my own daughter attempt to buy her 1st property, how difficult it has become for 1st time buyers to fulfi...
Switch Equity Release from Papilio UK – Time is running out
In my last article on this subject in February 2013 I drew attention to the ease with which borrowers could escape the higher equity release interest rates cha...
How Equity Release Schemes Can Help Generate Extra Income in Retirement
Throughout our working lives, retirement always seemed a distant destination. Plans to ensure that financial security is bestowed upon us are often postponed, w...
Equity Release Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas
I recently read an advertisement in a National newspaper extolling the virtues of Equity Release and was surprisingly written on behalf of one of the main equit...
Equity Release, Divorce and a Solution for ‘Silver Splitters’
A new and rather unusual expression has recently emerged which is the term – ‘silver splitters’. It hasn’t made the Oxford Concise Dictionary yet, but I suspec...
The Many (Sometimes Unusual) Reasons to Release Equity from Your Home
During my 10 years as a Lifetime Mortgage specialist I have come across a plethora of reasons to make genuine use of equity release schemes. There are the most...
Hodge Lifetime Launch New Innovative Retirement Mortgage Plan
Equity Release Supermarket can today announce the launch of the new Hodge Lifetime Retirement Mortgage Plan. Only available through a selected number of inte...