New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...
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26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rule change to make Equity Release more appealing to sceptics](/upload/images/library/EquityRelease-400x310-min.jpeg)
A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage boost as many homeowners pay down debt during pandemic](/img/default/eat.png)
With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Equity release firm woos downsizers with claims of record high wealth](/img/default/eat.png)
An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Equity release chiefs upbeat after record-breaking quarter](/img/default/eat.png)
Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Bad news for transactions as Equity Release grows again](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![More equity release growth means fewer downsizers selling up](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been more growth in the equity release sector, suggesting that fewer older owners are downsizing and are instead using their...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Is the surge in Equity Release killing the downsizing market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Should equity release be taxed to encourage down-sizing?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...
25 August 2018
From: Features
![Is this why transactions have slumped? Equity Release hits a new high...](/img/default/eat.png)
Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...