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Equity Release on Divorce -‘A House is not a Home?’
An increasing phenomenon in later life is the number of couples who are now deciding to divorce. Often having lived together but had separate lives for many years, retirement then can seem the final straw in their relationship. Perhaps the knowledge of the impending hours of greater social time together once retirement arises is […]
Can You Take Out Equity Release With A Power of Attorney?
The simple answer to this question is YES. However, there needs to be an understanding of what type of Power Of Attorney (POA) is in force, when it was taken...
Stonehaven’s New Interest Only Lifetime Mortgage Lending
Stonehaven, the innovative equity release lender that originally sourced its funding from Santander, should now benefit from the withdrawal from the market of t...
Can I Have A Mortgage In Retirement?
Although many pensioners are eligible for a mortgage in retirement, many are not even considering this as an option, or even aware they could apply for one. E...
How To Fund The Purchase Of A New Property With An Equity Release Scheme
The advantages of equity release being used to raise capital from property have been widely advertised. It is commonly known that their uses have been to enhanc...
How To Minimise The Setting Up Costs Of An Equity Release Plan
Keeping the initial equity release set up costs down to a minimum will be of great benefit in maximising the gross release from the lender… & in turn your pocke...
Prudential Set To Withdraw From Selling Equity Release
Prudential has announced to the industry that it will withdraw from writing new equity release business in the New Year. The insurer will however continue to ma...
Equity Release – Can it Be Used As a Means Of Bridging Finance?
The industry definition of an equity release scheme is an over 55’s mortgage, albeit with no monthly repayments & finally settled on death or moving into long t...
Breathing ‘New Life’ to Buy to Let Mortgages – The Equity Release Way
Could equity release assist the resurgence in the buy to let market & reclaim it from the doldrums? With the equity release market becoming more & more compet...