Author: The Bower Team

Oct 31, 2017

Rate hikes: Is your monthly budget about to be squeezed?

Millions of homes across the UK are feeling the pinch thanks to rising inflation. With the base rate set to rise as soon as November, could a further squeeze on our budgets be imminent?

The Bower Team

1 min

Sep 29, 2017

Celebrating My Grand Hero on Grandparents Day

What a wonderful few months it’s been! We’ve thoroughly enjoyed seeing all your entries in our My Grand Hero competition and it’s been lovely to celebrate all the amazing grandparents out there.

The Bower Team

1 min

Sep 28, 2017

Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2017 – Winners

It was a fabulous night at the Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2017 having won Equity Release Adviser of the Year!

The Bower Team

1 min

Sep 27, 2017

Buy to Let and Second Home Equity Release Products Launched

Landlords of buy to let properties and homeowners aged 55+ with a second home can more easily access their property wealth thanks to exciting new equity release products recently launched. The new buy to let equity release plans are specifically aimed at landlords aged 55 and over, allowing them to unlock a cash lump sum […]

The Bower Team

1 min

Sep 1, 2017

Winner! My Grand Hero Competition – August

We’ve had an amazing two month’s with our My Grand Hero competition and we have our second winner! Once again, it was difficult to pick just one as there were so many lovely entries and lots of incredible heroes, but we’ve found our next winner…

The Bower Team

1 min

Aug 29, 2017

Rising cost of living leaves retirees feeling the pinch

If you’ve been feeling the pinch lately then there’s a good reason why. The cost of living has been bumped up by food and energy price hikes, with inflation hitting its highest level in nearly five years in May.

The Bower Team

1 min

Aug 15, 2017

Boom in lifetime mortgages with record amounts unlocked

The value of money unlocked by later life homeowners between April and June 2017 has risen by more than a third year-on-year, as equity release continues to break records. New figures from the trade body, the Equity Release Council (ERC) have reveal…

The Bower Team

1 min

Aug 3, 2017

Winner! My Grand Hero Competition – July

All your entries have been so heartwarming and it has been amazing to read about all your grand heroes! There are some truly outstanding grandparents out there so we thank you for sharing them with us, but there can only be one winner this month…

The Bower Team

1 min

Jul 24, 2017

Number of over-70s arranging mortgages rises 75%

The number of over-70s taking out mortgages has increased by 75 per cent to 16,000 in the past five years. According to the financial website Thisismoney.co.uk, 16,000 people in their 70s have arranged a new mortgage deal for their home since 2012. They now account for nearly a fifth of all lending to the over-55s, […]

The Bower Team

1 min

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Author: The Bower Team

Rate hikes: Is your monthly budget about to be squeezed?

Celebrating My Grand Hero on Grandparents Day

Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2017 – Winners

Buy to Let and Second Home Equity Release Products Launched

Winner! My Grand Hero Competition – August

Rising cost of living leaves retirees feeling the pinch

Boom in lifetime mortgages with record amounts unlocked

Winner! My Grand Hero Competition – July

Number of over-70s arranging mortgages rises 75%