An assessment of a property’s value for a particular purpose. A provider may require its own valuation and may not use a homeowner’s preferred estimate.
An assessment of a property’s value for a particular purpose. A provider may require its own valuation and may not use a homeowner’s preferred estimate.
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 is a plain-language explanation of how the term is commonly used in the UK. It carries no source key because it makes no regulatory, product or property claim that needs one. It does not override a provider’s offer, your mortgage conditions, a solicitor’s advice or a regulator’s rules.
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.
What lenders and valuers assess about a property
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“It is a valuation question rather than an automatic refusal.”
Equity release eligibility: age, property and criteria →“There is no published percentage that a category takes off a valuation, and anybody quoting you one has made it up.”
Equity release and Japanese knotweed →“It is much easier before a valuation than after one.”
Why a calculator figure can change →“Ask for the total in writing, and ask specifically which of them you would still owe if you changed your mind after a valuation.”
Equity release fees, beyond the interest rate →“Your homebuyer report or valuation from when you bought.”
Equity release and non-standard construction →“What happens to the valuation above five acres.”
Equity release with an agricultural tie or land →Each of these either appears in the definition above, or names this term in its own.
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An assessment of a property’s value for a particular purpose. A provider may require its own valuation and may not use a homeowner’s preferred estimate.
It is a plain-language explanation of how the term is commonly used in the UK. It carries no source key because it makes no regulatory, product or property claim that would need one, and it does not override a provider's offer, 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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