Category: Equity release
This new capability builds on the initial integration between Iress and more2life in July 2020 and has been developed using DPR’s Distribution Hub.
Singleton expects to see a rise in the use of equity release in the second half of the year due to the financial implications of the pandemic.
The Prime Max Lump Sum is open to borrowers between the ages of 55 and 84, sitting within more2life’s ‘Prime’ product range.
Over the first quarter of 2021 there has been a 123% increase in house purchases, according to Equity Release Supermarket (ERS).
Members of the Equity Release Council have voted for its expansion through reappointing three directors to its main board and widening its standards board membership.
Standard later life borrowing is an alternative to equity release, according to Ipswich Building Society.
Figures from the Equity Release Council show annual lending to new and existing customers totalled £3.89bn in 2020 – up from £945m in 2009.
According to data from Moneyfacts, there are now more than 488 equity release plans on the market, meaning more choice for people who arranged their plans several years ago.
Advise Wise has designed the fact find with the recent Equity Release Council checklist and guidance in mind.
The forum is chaired by Claire Barker, managing director of Equilaw, and the first legal member to sit on the council’s main board.