Eamonn Prendergast, chartered financial adviser at London-based Palantir Financial Planning Ltd said: “A mansion tax could push asset-rich, cash-poor pensioners to release equity just to pay the bill.

For those taking a lifetime mortgage, there are two main risks. First, that equity release will reduce the inheritance they can leave behind for loved ones, and second, that the money they release ...

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