Article: Equity release rates now below mainstream rivals.

Article: Mortgage spotlight - Equity release perspectives.
Money Management;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......lenders competing on rates. Equity release rates have been coming down quite...describes the attempt to compare equity release rates to SVRs as ridiculous. He...year before its crisis, its equity release rates were at similar levels to...

Article: Eq release rates 'lower than' prime deals.(Home & Capital)(Brief article)
Financial Adviser;  February 14, 2008 ;     291 words ......Home & Capital, the Bedford-based equity release specialist. Nigel Hare-Scott, managing...consumer protection standards for the equity release industry, equity release providers must make their lifetime mortgages...Hare-Scott said the downward pressure on equity ...

Article: Fear of an equity release scandal grows among IFAs.(investment advisers)
Financial Adviser;  September 8, 2005 ;     359 words ...EQUITY release could become the next mis-selling...by GE Life said they were wary of equity release because of the vulnerability of the...advisers still feel uncomfortable about equity release with 19 per cent saying they would...

Article: EQUITY RELEASE: Is this the golden age for equity release?
Money Marketing;  April 3, 2008 ;     637 words ......pointing towards a big rise in equity-release demand The Council of Mortgage Lenders is predicting a boom in equity release. The CML's latest research says...point strongly towards a strong equity-release market. It points to the number...

Article: EQUITY RELEASE: House proud.
Money Marketing;  April 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the driving forces behind taking out equity release The Panel Nigel Hare-Scott Sales director...of lifetime mortgages, Prudential Is equity release still only used by homeowners who need...for planned expenditure? Hare-Scott: Equity release plans are products which enable ...

Article: Can we all work together to give equity release strength in numbers?
Mortgage Adviser;  August 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......major trade body that aimed to raise standards in the equity release industry. Launched in 1991, Ship is dedicated to protecting equity release planholders and promoting equity release plans. Ship emerged only a few years after equity release...

Article: VOX POP: Should brokers learn about equity release?
Mortgage Strategy;  January 30, 2006 ;     574 words ...Equity release products have had their fair share...beginning of January Which? branded equity release schemes expensive and inflexible and...that, despite the negative press, the equity release sector will become more competitive...

Article: LETTER: FSA should help raise the profile of equity release.(Letter to the Editor)
Mortgage Strategy;  March 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......took the plunge and decided to work in equity release and specialise in this area, as you...a poor portrayal of the benefits of equity release. It is imperative that the consumer...all the bad publicity that surrounds equity release, which in part is down to the FSA...

Article: COMMENT: Equity release must battle negative vibes.
Mortgage Strategy;  March 16, 2009 ;     514 words ......combat the poor public perception of equity release products Good communication is one...work harder to minimise their number. Equity release advisers often feel left out of the...understanding of any business concerns equity release advisers may have. Our first two meetings...

Article: EQUITY RELEASE: Release of anger.
Money Marketing;  October 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......quick to condemn the damning Which? report into equity release products Which? caused a storm in the equity release world last week when it released a report recommending that equity release products should only be used as a last resort...

Article: Easy money? The equity-release market looks set to become even more vibrant with the arrival of regulation, so why are many advisers reluctant to take advantage? Helen Monks seeks answers.(Equity Release)
Money Marketing;  October 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Equity release can provide cash-poor elderly clients...returns from 21 lenders active in the equity-release market, show that 498m [pounds sterling] was borrowed by older homeowners in equity-release mortgages in the first half of this...

Article: COMMENT: Steady progress for equity release.
Mortgage Strategy;  February 18, 2008 ;     425 words ...Equity release hasn't grown as rapidly as some have...to pay sufficient interest to the equity release market. This subject raised its head...Ireland held at the end of January. Equity release is a niche product that has not delivered...

Article: COMMENT: Approach equity release with care.
Mortgage Strategy;  July 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......is increasing consumer interest in equity release, the retrospective nature of some regulatory...aftermath of A-Day, the benefits offered by equity release to consumers and the market potential...stable footing it is not surprising that equity release is making a significant ...

Article: The only way is up for equity release.
Mortgage Adviser;  August 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the only way is up for the amount of equity release mortgages set to be arranged by intermediaries...advisers (59 per cent) thought demand for equity release would increase in the next three years...of those who specialised in offering equity release advice, 38 per cent of those ...