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Aug 7, 2025

Equity Release to Fund Pension Shortfall: How It Can Help Bridge Your Retirement Funding 

Nearly everybody who approaches retirement does so with a certain degree of worry. Whilst many look forward to living out their twilight years at a slower pace, some worry that financially they may not be able to cope. For this reason equity release schemes are just as popular now as they have ever been, and combined with sound independent financial advice, in retirement many homeowners benefit from releasing equity from their homes.
10 min
Feb 28, 2023

Can You Afford to Heat Your Home? Equity Release could help

According to a recent survey from moneysupermarket.com, a staggering 24 million people in this country would rather wear an extra layer of clothing than put the heating on. Whilst first thoughts may point to the view that Brits are just looking after their pennies, on closer inspection it may well be the case that many of these 24 million people cannot afford to heat their homes during winter.
1 min
Nov 16, 2022

Equity Release Schemes: More Choice on the Horizon

In the past, equity release schemes were widely available through a number of lenders that included major building societies and banks. However, with the past few years being extremely turbulent in the financial and property sectors, the availability and choice of equity release schemes has diminished greatly. But there may be good news just around the corner for those keen to get the best equity release scheme available.
1 min
Oct 19, 2022

National Insurance Pension Change could spell £20K Loss for female Pensioners

On 6 April 2010, new rules on qualifying for the full state pension will kick in. Currently, women need to have worked 39 years to clock up enough National Insurance contributions to be entitled to the full state pension and men for 44 years. However, a change in the rules on 6 April this year […]
1 min
Oct 1, 2012

Half of 50+ Advise to Invest in Property to Fund Retirement

Research amongst the over fifties age group has revealed that over half (54%) would advise their children to invest in property to fund their retirement, as well as paying into a pension. 44% of over-50s in work still have a mortgage to pay, with a fifth believing a rise in interest rates would reduce their ability to save for retirement as they would have to keep up with ongoing mortgage repayments.
1 min