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Retired homeowners own a total of £743.07 billion in property despite continued volatility in the housing market, according to new research.
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.
Equity release provider More 2 Life saw its market share of lump sum business through advisers reach 14% in Q1.
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Clients can’t afford to overlook cash in their home With falling investment returns and low interest rates affecting savings, retirees are looking for other ways to fund their retirement. Research for Aviva shows that retired people own property worth roughly eight times as much as the average pension fund. That makes unlocking cash from their home look very attractive.
In this week's quick fire poll, we ask: Recent SHIP figures show equity release is experiencing some growth and this is expected to increase as more baby boomers retire without sufficient savings. If this growth continues, would you move into advising on equity release?
Equity release advances increased by 10% over the past year for SHIP members.
Government intervention could result in growth in the equity release market, according to recent research.
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.
Retirement Planner’s round-up of the top pension stories this week.
In 2011 the equity release market enjoyed the first annual rise in both total lending and plan sales since 2007 according to Key Retirement Solutions.
In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Following Grant Shapp’s comments, do you think retirees should downsize to free up larger properties for young families?
Just Retirement has reduced the interest rate on its Roll-Up Lifetime Mortgage rate from 6.5% AER to 6.4% AER, with effect from January 12.
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