Home Reversion Plan
How to use your property to fund your retirementWith 35 per cent of people in the UK not contributing to a pension and annuity rates dropping, the need to find alternative sources to fund retirement is clear. |
SHIP urges IFAs to get qualifiedFinancial advisers selling equity release mortgages are coming under pressure to boost their home reversion scheme knowledge before April 6th. |
Stamp duty break demand for eco-homebuyersHome-buyers should receive a refund on stamp duty in return for improving the energy efficiency of their new properties. |
Get advice before a lifetime mortgageBritons should carefully consider their options and get professional advice before taking out a lifetime mortgage or another form of equity release. |
Home reversion plans now regulatedFrom today (April 6th) home reversion plans will be regulated in the same way as mortgages, offering increased protection for consumers. |
Downsizing cheaper than equity releaseIt is cheaper to downsize than take out a lifetime mortgage or home reversion plan. |
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Home reversion plans and Muslim mortgage advice comingHome reversion plans and Sharia-compliant Muslim mortgages will be regulated alongside standard mortgages from April next year. |
More Brits releasing equity from homesThe number of Britons releasing equity from their homes to support themselves in retirement has continued to rise. |
The mortgage that outlives youToday a media storm erupted surrounding Kent Reliance building society's new inter-generational mortgage, a loan that can be passed on to children after death. |
Equity release market to soarThe equity release market, which allows people to draw down money from their homes without having to make repayments or move house, is set to soar in the next three years. |
Pensioners look to property for incomePensioners are concerned that they will have to sell their homes or take in lodgers to make ends meet, new research finds. |
Property to provide early inheritanceMillions of parents are planning to use some of the value of their property to give their children part of their inheritance early. |
Northerners and Welsh wealthiestResidents of the north-east and Wales are better off than their southern counterparts, or at least become so when they pass 50. |
Home reversion plansHome reversion plans offer consumers the chance to access some of the value of their homes by selling some or all of their property to a third party. |
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