The Growth Engine Podcast

Lots of insight into AI in this one and some great tips about which sites could work for your company.

And Stuart with his rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. No really.

AI part 2

We have a few changes for Season 2. Firstly, the podcast has changed its name...to Advice Guru Podcast: Later Life Lending.

Secondly, the podcast is now sponsored by Responsible Lending and Royal London to celebrate the fact that Responsible Lending are the exlusive providers of Royal London products.

The third change is in the topics for this season. Season 2 will focus on using modern technology and ideas to promote our industry to consumers over the age of 50.

Episode 1 features the ten most asked questions about Equity Release on Google.

They have been created using AI and the AI videos can be seen on the YouTube site Advice Guru: Later Life Lending.

Please leave comments on the podcast about the AI and the answers it produced, as well as the voice.

In this bonus episode, Stuart and Nicola are joined by advisors John Harris and Paul Edwards to discuss what they thought of the Air Conference at the British Motor Museum on Thursday 29th June 2023

In this podcast we find out about the underwriting process and how an Operations Director of a lender sees the current and future market. 

-How did they progress to their current positions?

-Who has a 96% accept rate on Lifetime Mortgages?

-Why do they want more cases from advisors that are 'more on the fringes'?

-Can you contact them for pre-clearance on a case?

-What were the major challenges and successes of bringing a new lender to market?

-If it is the same funder and product as other lenders, what is different about the Responsible version?

-Do you plan to have more products and funders in the future?

-What is the future for the ER market? And when will this start?

Find out about the event on Thursday 29th June 2023

In a first for the Equity Release Podcast, we have a surveying expert as a guest.

James tells us all about the process of surveying a property for Equity Release purposes as well as:

-how surveyors also consider potential vulnerabilities in a client

-could there be different ways of surveying property with loft foam spray insulation in the future?

-what being on the Equity Release Council Standards Board means

-the difference between Estate Agent valuations and surveys

-surveying in difficult times

In this episode we chat with Kay Westgarth, Sales Director at Standard Life Home Finance about:

-Kay's previous career

-listening to podcasts to relax and learn

-family, football and friends

-what Kay enjoys most about her job

-supporting advisors

-the Equity Release summit

-changing consumer perceptions

-the current market and the future

This episode was recorded on June 1st 2023 and features Stuart Powell talking to Kay Westgarth, Sales Director of Standard Life Home Finance, Carol Nuttall, Director at Adlington Law and Nicola Palmer, Senior Business Development Coonsultant at Air.

The topic of discussion is 'what has happened to the Equity Release Market so far in 2023?'

The podcast features a lively conversation about how the industry has fared in 2023 and, just as importantly, what can be done by us all in the rest of 2023 to ensure that confidence is maintained and we return to growth.

The main themes are around communication, openness and positivity.

In this episode, Stuart discusses the first six months of the podcast.

He discusses the huge growth in the number of listeners and individual listens as well as the most popular episodes.

Stuart also covers the future direction of the podcast and asks the audience what type of guests (and who) they would like to hear in the future.