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Understanding new realities, to secure successful retirements

Today, new social and economic realities call for new ways to help people fund successful retirements. And unlocking property wealth is fast becoming a trusted and reliable way to achieve those goals. After all, £3.8tn is held in property wealth across the UK.

 Increasingly, people are using equity release to do just that. By 2021, it’s estimated that equity release will account for £8.4bn in later life lending.

ERC, Key Market Monitor FY 2018, L&G Silver Spenders, Halifax 2017.

Why pensions alone aren’t enough. Today’s retirement realities.

Longer lives, longer retirements

As life expectancies continue to rise, people will need more money to maintain their standard of living through a longer retirement. And as the population continues to age, more people will come to rely on a pension system that is stretched thin.

Smaller pensions, more funding gaps

The pensions industry says that the standard 8% of earnings saved into a pension may not be enough to fund a full retirement. That means, coupled with longer lives, many people retiring today will not have enough to fund a full retirement.

Later home ownership, more debt in later life

Today people are buying homes later in life, meaning they are retiring with more debt than previous generations. By 2029, it’s estimated that unsecured debt held by people over 55 will total £548bn, and pensions alone will not make up the shortfall.

Caring for two generations at once

To add to the financial strain put on today’s over-55s, many are still required to help their adult children or grandchildren financially, as well as support the provision of social care for their parents.

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04.03.20

EXPECTATION VERSUS REALITY: OLDER HOMEOWNERS FACE £17,984 RETIREMENT INCOME SHORTFALL

• The retirement income people expect to need is more than double today’s average, with Yorkshire and the Humber home to the biggest reality gap (£27,723)

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17.01.20

EQUITY RELEASE MARKET HITS £3.4 BILLION AS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE GROWS

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24.09.19

First time buyer boom drives older borrower mortgage enquiries

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24.09.19

Three quarters of advisers want greater education on spotting vulnerability in clients, reveals more 2 life

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24.09.19

Later Life Lending Market set to Almost Double in Next 10 Years

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24.09.19

Bank of gran and grandad expands student lending

More than one in three have helped or plan to help grandchildren with university costs

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11.07.18

Equity release hits £1.63 billion as plan sales surge

Retired homeowners release £8.9 million a day in the first half of the year

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11.12.19

New Group B2B Distribution Director at Key Group

Key Group, the leading specialist provider of financial solutions to the over-55’s, has promoted Russell Warwick (formerly Strategy Director) to Group B2B Distribution Director.

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04.12.19

Society of Mortgage Professionals Relaunches

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02.10.19

Newly Rebranded Key Group sets out vision for Later Life Lending sector

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24.09.19

Key Partnerships announces brand refresh and unveils detailed look at equity release introducer sector

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24.09.19

Over half of older homeowners factor property into their financial plans as attitudes shift in later life

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