Blog: Why it's time for advisers to take equity release seriously

The past 12 months have seen equity release continue its steady climb onwards to pre-financial crisis levels of lending and confidence. To pass £1bn worth of lending was a benchmark that the entire industry is keen to build upon into the New Year and I expect 2015 to be a year of further success. With the continued progress of equity release comes a need for more advisers to undertake the training and become specialised in the market. However, at present there is a real shortage of mortgage advisers qualified to advise on equity release products. Furthermore, only 6% of advisers su...