SHIP launches Fraud Working Group
A Fraud Working Group has been set up by SHIP, the trade body for equity release, to consider the impact of fraud on equity release and to protect consumers.
Is equity release entering a new era?
Ged Hosty, managing director of equity release at Partnership, believes the time has come for the equity release market to pick up as more providers enter...
Sales of equity release continue on upward...
Equity release growth continued in the first quarter of 2012 with both plan sales and total lending climbing, analysis from independent equity release...
Stonehaven expands into Scotland
Equity release specialist, Stonehaven, has entered the Scottish market following strong demand for its products.
Equity release sales up 10 per cent on last...
In the first three months of 2012, total advances of £199.1m were made by members of SHIP, the trade body for equity release providers.
SHIP announces launch date for new organisation
The restructured SHIP, the equity release trade body, will officially launch on 28 May 2012 in London.
Call for greater support for equity release...
In advance of the publication of the forthcoming Social Care White Paper, industry experts have called on the government to provide greater support for...
20 per cent of over-55s still have a mortgage
One in five of the UK’s over-55s have an outstanding mortgage, according to the latest Real Retirement Report from Aviva.
EuroDebt partners with Responsible Equity...
Debt solutions provider EuroDebt Financial Services has joined forces with equity release broker Responsible Equity Release to widen the scope of services...
Partnership raises LTVs by up to 20%
Enhanced equity release provider Partnership, has announced an increase in its loan-to-value rates for the Enhanced Lifetime Mortgage.