The Big Question - what prospects for growth do you see for equity release?

Ian Atkinson is long-term care expert and IFA at Retirement ­Solutions We are seeing a number of ­emerging trends in this ­market, two of which are already ­coming into play. The first one is a ­general acceptance of lower house ­valuations, which means that ­people are more likely to release the equity in their home. At the beginning of the recession, this certainly was not the case. Everybody thought their house was worth at least what the last one in the road sold for, and many felt short-changed as the property ­market continued to slide. But as time has passed, homeowners have ac...