Take the plunge

"Help me if you dare," said the lady fiercely to the equity release adviser before his talk to members of a retirement club at their quarterly meeting. "You've got to be careful before doing that," said another. "They lost their home you know," added a third. As he set up the props for the presentation, many disapproving stares followed him accusingly as if he were a discredited used car sales representative rather than a trained professional. The above true commentary illustrates only too clearly the task facing participants in the equity release sector. Despite the existence of Sa...