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Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) has launched a group to consider the impact fraud has on equity release, and to offer further protection to consumers.
Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP), the trade body for equity release, has appointed Chris Pond as chair of the SHIP standards board.
The equity release lender is increasing maximum loan sizes by 11% and cutting rates by 0.2%, following a move to increased individual underwriting.
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Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) has appointed Nigel Waterson as its chairman following the retirement of Laurie Edmans, who stepped down after six years in the position.
Partnership has upped their loan to value rates to enable clients with health issues to release more equity from their homes.
The value of Just Retirement’s new business in the six months to 31 December 2011 grew by 32.7% compared to the same period in 2010.
In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: The possibility of SIPP provider consolidation has fuelled industry chatter for many years but will we finally see it happen in 2012, as Suffolk Life predict?
SHIP has seen the highest level of lending for two years, according to their Q4 results.
An investigation into the quality of free equity release advice available through some intermediaries - including IFAs - has uncovered examples of what it deemed poor practice.
Nationals round-up: Terry Smith delivers on his promises, a comparison of equity release and downsizing and what the eurozone crisis means for your clients.
Partnership has launched an equity release product offering better rates for those suffering from conditions such as diabetes or cancer.
Annuity and equity release provider Just Retirement has more than doubled the maximum initial loan amount available from its equity release product.
The FSA’s consultation paper on the mortgage market review (MMR) does not go far enough to ensure consumers are provided with a full range of equity release options, the Society of Equity Release Advisers (SERA) says.
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