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Homeowners of five-bedroom properties without a mortgage could unlock almost £500,000 by downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove highlights the cash-equity release...

Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...

There’s growing evidence that wider family members - not just Mum and Dad - are stumping up cash to help younger...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Chris Brown, CEO and Founder of Hydrogard...

Higher energy costs and rising interest rates are leading to a surge in the number of homeowners looking to downsize, a...

ANY REPOSSESSION is a tragedy for the person involved, and latest figures indicate the number of victims falling victim is currently...

A claims management company (CMC) is in the process of helping with more than 500 claims from homeowners to get refunds...

The Government is being urged to exclude spray foam insulation from its new Eco+ scheme aimed at improving the energy efficiency...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

It looks like the Equity Release bubble may have burst, with latest figures showing a four per cent fall in the...

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now officially one of the 10 biggest mortgage lenders according to data from Legal...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...

Retired homeowners are increasingly using property wealth to clear unsecured debts and mortgages to strengthen their later life finances, a new...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

There’s been more growth in the equity release sector, suggesting that fewer older owners are downsizing and are instead using their...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

An equity release consultancy says the result of its survey of estate agencies suggest an increase in interest from prospective downsizers. The...

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

The average over-65 homeowner in Britain has seen her or his property wealth gain £159,000 – or £7,000 annually - in...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

The equity release sector is claiming a record quarter between April and June with the number of new customers and total...

Estate agents are increasingly helping customers who have been forced to sell their homes to pay off interest-only mortgages ahead of...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Around six in 10 estate agents say their experience shows that mortgage lending restrictions targeting customers aged 55 or over are...

Retired home owners have gained an average of £26,000 tax-free this year from their houses, new analysis from an over-55s financial...

Older homeowners are unrealistic about how much money they will raise from downsizing, and estate agents are warning them to manage...