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Supporting Loved Ones With A Low Deposit

Interest Rate Increase to 5.25% - Supporting Loved Ones With A Low Deposit

By Peter Sharkey on the 4th August 2023

Mothers in particular know instinctively when their offspring need a hand, though fathers too tend to have a (slightly more delayed) inkling when their assistance is required. For most of us, our earliest memories are peppered with recollections of times when Mum and Dad were on hand to provide a much-needed lift and while the type of support parents give to their children changes over time, their...

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Interest Rates; Are they too high, too low or about right?

By Peter Sharkey on the 28th July 2023

For more than 35 years, the impending arrival of a new football season has resulted in around 25 of us, all long-standing friends, submitting a variety of well-...

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A Flexible Option to Complete Your Retirement Bucket List

By Peter Sharkey on the 26th July 2023

The prospect of visiting Australia always held enormous appeal. Perhaps because it’s so far away, or maybe because the weather always looks so fabulously good,...

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How to Reduce your 'Effective' Interest Rate by Making Flexible Voluntary Payments

By Mark Gregory on the 19th July 2023

Did you know you can make optional, partial, voluntary payments to your equity release lender? Although equity release gives you the option of making no repayme...

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Spray Foam Insulation No Longer a Barrier to Equity Release: New Solution from Equity Release Supermarket

By Mark Gregory on the 27th June 2023

The equity release industry is continually striving to develop new ways of helping homeowners age 55+ to release equity from their property. Equity Release Supe...

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Managing the Base Rate Increase: Exploring the Benefits of Equity Release

By Mark Gregory on the 27th June 2023

As of Thursday 22nd June 2023, the Bank of England implemented another interest rate hike, bringing it to 5% from 4.5%. This significant increase marks the 13t...

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How To Check If You’re Eligible For Equity Release

By Mark Gregory on the 22nd June 2023

Equity release is an appealing option for many people wishing to support their later life goals or fund their standard of living in retirement. However, we ofte...

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Fact or Fiction: Revealing the Truth Behind Equity Release

By Peter Sharkey on the 13th June 2023

Spend time in almost any company, large or small, and it soon becomes apparent that perhaps the greatest threat feared by the organisation’s owners and manageme...

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Nationwide House Price Index: Let’s Put This Into Perspective

By Peter Sharkey on the 5th June 2023

A recent television programme, The Blackouts of ’74: When Britain Went Dark, examined why the lights went out in 1974 and Britain was reduced to a 3-day working...

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Equity Release is not winning the lottery – however, similarities do exist regarding the drawdown of funds.

By Peter Sharkey on the 25th May 2023

A few years ago, the National Lottery operators published results of a survey conducted among a very select group of people, major Lotto winners, after asking t...

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