Figures from the Equity Release Council show that homeowners took out £824 million of property wealth between July to September 2017. This is over a forty per cent increase from the same time last year. Equity release is also referred to as lifetime mortgages. There are now over 121-lifetime mortgages on the market offering more [...]
Recent figures show that nearly a quarter of a million people have moved their final-salary pension fund. The industry name for this type of fund is defined-benefits (DB). Many experts are warning that the trend is a time bomb because people risk poverty in later life. So far over £50 billion has been removed from financial [...]
We are proud to have appeared in the New Model Adviser, Top 100, financial planning firms, 2017 listing. The award featured the following review about Anstee & Co: Energetic managing director Caroline Anstee has been in financial services for more than 40 years. Having started her own Kettering-based business only five years ago, she has [...]
Executors are feeling more confident in administrating a will themselves. Below are some of the key duties that you need to undertake if you decided that doing it yourself is for you. Your role as an executor of the will. Register the death. Register the death at a local register office. You'll need the lasted copy [...]
Figures from the Equity Release Council (ERC) show the total value of equity release lending continues to grow. From 2015 to 2016 there has been a 77% rise in the amount borrowed. The most recent figures show that the average amount borrowed has now increased to £70,000. Although equity release can be right for some, [...]
People generally plan for the short term. We tend to concentrate on generating wealth and accumulating assets such as property or shares to protect our families. Both now and in retirement. However, what happens after we die? Arranging funeral expenses may be the only action we take. By doing this we are helping to build [...]
This, unfortunately is a question that our financial advisers we are being asked more and more by clients. So do you need a financial adviser? To start with all the assets of a divorcing couple will need to be valued. This is before any decisions can be taken as to how they should be shared. This [...]
Advances in medical science have seen life expectancy increase. Over two-thirds of the United Kingdom population, are now aged over fifty. That’s over 21 million people. Also for the first time in history, two-thirds of this number are aged over sixty. That’s fourteen million people. Half a million people are over ninety years old and [...]
Recent figures show that forty two percent of marriages in England and Wales now end in divorce. One of the age groups where divorce rates are rising in the over sixties. This maybe due to more financial independence. This is according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). So how can a financial adviser help? After [...]
Married couples and civil partners who no longer wish to live together but do not wish to terminate their marriage or civil partnership have the option of separating either informally or formally. This is also known as separation. What is an informal separation? An informal separation would require agreement on such issues as children, money, housing [...]
