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Will Higher Property Taxes and Stamp Duty Push More Homeowners Toward Equity Release?

By Peter Sharkey on the 3rd September 2025

There’s a certain amount of satisfaction, though the feeling is infused with a large slice of annoyance, in predicting a potentially significant change in government policy well in advance of the news reaching the front pages. Within weeks of publication, a Minister or junior Whitehall official tentatively outline future plans which mirror precisely the original forecast and soon taxpayers are on...

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The unspoken financial reality for women in later life

By Mark Gregory on the 3rd September 2025

As retirement approaches, it's worth taking time to consider your long-term financial plans and the various tools that might help you achieve your goals. This w...

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Equity Release and Vulnerable Customers: Closing the Gap

By Mark Gregory on the 21st August 2025

The financial advice industry is facing a critical challenge: underestimating customer vulnerability. Recent research highlights a stark distinction between wha...

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Future-Proofing Your Finances: Why UK Savers Can't Rely on the State Pension Alone

By Peter Sharkey on the 21st August 2025

Midway through our first visit to Copenhagen, my wife and I were getting ready to leave the remarkably accessible Christiansborg Palace, seat of the Danish parl...

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Later Life Lending: In it for the long run

By Mark Gregory on the 20th August 2025

Those approaching, or in retirement are all too aware that their retirement pots need to stretch further than ever. Recent data from the Office for National Sta...

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Planning Your Retirement? Avoid These Common Mistakes

By Peter Sharkey on the 14th August 2025

Most of us sporting a little more than a hint of grey hair tend to consider ourselves reasonably sensible people – the greying hair is a clear indication of our...

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Could Equity Release Be the Answer to Rising Taxes and Pension Shortfalls?

By Peter Sharkey on the 14th August 2025

The lengthening list of government travails have become depressingly familiar of late as our political leaders wrestle with one hugely important economic fact:...

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Can Equity Release Help Pay for a Wedding? Here’s How It Works

By Peter Sharkey on the 30th June 2025

We travelled to Bristol the day before, taking our time, stopping for lunch and generally feeling pleased with ourselves for having the good sense to enjoy a re...

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Don’t Downsize Your Retirement Plans: Discover the Power of Equity Release

By Peter Sharkey on the 30th June 2025

The lengthy list of ambitions people begin itemising during their fresh-faced salad days are, by their very nature, almost always superseded by the time those s...

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Worried About Retirement Income? How Over-50s Are Boosting Their Finances with Equity Release

By Peter Sharkey on the 10th June 2025

Every now and then you read an online or newspaper article and think, ‘this applies to me’. It can be a weird sensation, as though the article’s author had delv...

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