A charge that may apply if a plan is repaid early or repayments exceed permitted limits. The calculation, exemptions and duration vary by plan.
A charge that may apply if a plan is repaid early or repayments exceed permitted limits. The calculation, exemptions and duration vary by plan.
Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage, secured against your property, or a home reversion plan. It will reduce the value of your estate and impact funding long-term care.
This entry follows Equity Release Council and MoneyHelper. It is a plain-English explanation of how the term is used in the UK, not a quotation, and it does not override a provider’s own wording.
Checked 7 September 2026. The whole vocabulary sits on one page, so you can look up two words in the same sentence without going anywhere: see this entry in the full glossary.
Early repayment charges on equity release
Find out which kind of charge your plan has, and what that means.
Read the guide called Early repayment charges on equity release →Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage, secured against your property, or a home reversion plan. It will reduce the value of your estate and impact funding long-term care.
These guides use the term. Each line is quoted from the page it links to.
“All five standards quoted on this page, plus the early repayment charge waiver on a permanent move into care.”
Lifetime mortgages: the five protections →“The standard says that if a customer needs to move permanently into long-term care, whether in a care home or with relatives providing care, any early repayment charge will be waived, subject to the terms.”
Early repayment charges on equity release →“The early repayment charge question, asked in the form that matters.”
The risks of equity release, with the numbers →“Is my early repayment charge a fixed percentage or linked to gilts.”
The equity release questions to take with you →Each of these either appears in the definition above, or names this term in its own.
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A charge that may apply if a plan is repaid early or repayments exceed permitted limits. The calculation, exemptions and duration vary by plan.
It follows the Equity Release Council and MoneyHelper. It is a plain-English explanation of how the term is used in the UK rather than a quotation, and it does not override a provider's own wording, the conditions of a plan you hold, or advice from your solicitor.
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Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage, secured against your property, or a home reversion plan. It will reduce the value of your estate and impact funding long-term care.
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