Fewer homeowners are turning to lifetime mortgages to fund living expenses or emergency purchases as cost-of-living pressures ease.

Fewer homeowners are turning to lifetime mortgages to fund living expenses or emergency purchases as cost-of-living pressures ease.
Repaying just £100 a month could help the typical customer reduce their total borrowing costs by almost £50,000 over 20 years.
The tool offers advisers access to summaries of their clients' products and performance.
Only 4% who were aware of the possibility said they would consider making contributions for someone else or have already done so.
Standard mortgage LiveMore 1 rates have seen the largest reductions.
The new range will offer interest-only, repayment, and part-and-part options.
As part of the partnership, Perenna has also been named the latest Air Advocate Ambassador.
879 customers paid a total of £69.1m into bonds which have since defaulted.
Just over 1 in 5 of all pensioners have state pensions above the income tax threshold.
Advise Wise members can now access CSS’s range of survey options.