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Parents Equity release

lanerose60 · 2025-04-03 13:12:46

My Mother lost her partner 3 years ago, they took out a fixed rate lifetime mortgage with Aviva in 2005, we have discovered that her £30000 equity release has now got a balance of £91000 and is increasing at the rate of 6% a year. This is unbelievable and a scandal in my opinion, she says she had no idea it would be this…