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Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Home equity release solutions may address the "asset-rich but cash-poor" issue transpiring across older generations who cannot get access to financial advice, Homesafe Wealth says. According to Homesafe the shrinking adviser numbers are contributing ...

Reconsider the home as a retirement income pillar: Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... be treated as another financial asset to fund retirement lifestyles. "Of course, it is important that any home equity release schemes have clear disclosure and consumer protection, so people understand what they are getting into." More than 80% of Australians ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... these co-contributions, saying "encouraging older people to access their wealth, including superannuation and home equity release when appropriate, will enable them to make contributions for services to enjoy a dignified experience in aged care." Further ...

Household Capital acquires Pension Boost

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... widens its market reach and is consistent with our strategy to be the most trusted provider in the Australian home equity release market," he said. Funder explained the combined business will "position" the firm to be the leading provider of home equity ...

DomaCom hits $100m in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... banking. Perhaps the most progressive development for the DomaCom Fund is an investment product for Seniors Home Equity Release and a Shariah compliant housing finance solution for Australia's Islamic community. These new financial models demonstrate ...

Advisers overlook home equity release strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Financial advisers are shunning home equity release or reverse mortgage strategies that could potentially benefit retiree clients, according to new research. Regtech Fourth Line and retiree financial services provider Pension Boost looked at the Statement ...

Reverse mortgages used to extinguish debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... using the equity value of their home, usually up to 20% of the value. Home reversion, which is another type of home equity release, allows homeowners to sell a proportion of the future value of the home while it is occupied.

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
The Actuaries Institute has called for the Federal Government to go further than defining superannuation and complementary objectives for the Age Pension and the mandatory superannuation guarantee. Releasing its submission Treasury on super's objective ...

Actuaries re-enter super housing debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... discusses potential partial protection (up to a cap) from the Age Pension means test for amounts accessed under home equity release schemes and downsizing. It also discusses regulatory protection for the elderly to help prevent financial abuse. The report ...

New reverse mortgage broker group sets sail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... equity release alternatives and product information," Swan said. "Fortus members are at the forefront of the home equity release market. As home reversion schemes and shared appreciation mortgages become more widely accessible, we intend to continue ...
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