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If you are aged over 55+ how you can release equity from your home via equity release.
There are two kinds of this product available that will allow you to release equity from your home, these are:
- Lifetime mortgages – these are the most popular type of equity release product available.
- Home reversion plans – these make up a very small percentage of equity release recommendations in the industry.
Releasing Equity From Your Home
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Considerations Before Releasing Equity
We’re an independent mortgage broker, so we’re able to advise and recommend the best type of product available to you along with traditional and retirement interest only mortgage alternatives.
With a lifetime mortgage, you’ll be able to release equity from your home as either an initial lump sum for a large purchase or in smaller chunks to supplement your income in retirement.
If you don’t need all the money you release from your home as a lump sum and are happy with an initial amount followed by smaller chunks, a drawdown lifetime mortgage may work better for you and save you a lot of money in interest.
Also, when releasing equity from your home by way of an equity release plan, you can choose whether to make monthly payments.
Monthly payments are optional, if you can afford to pay a monthly contribution towards the interest of any amount, this will help maintain some of the equity in your home and it’ll save you a lot of money in interest.
Alternatives to Consider
There are alternatives to consider to releasing equity from your home, these are:
Downsizing
This is the cheapest way to release equity from your home. We have many customers who are living in a 3/4 bedroom detached and could downsize to a smaller and cheaper 2-bedroom property.
Grants and Funding
Whether funding is available to you will depend on what you are looking to release equity for, examples where you may qualify for funding include home renovations for disabilities.
Regular Mortgages
Our team will explore all options with traditional mortgages ahead of making a recommendation. Regular mortgages will be cheaper and will save you a lot of money. There are repayment, part and part, and repayment options available here.
Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) Mortgages
These are a relatively new kind of mortgage product aimed at the over 50’s and run for life with a fixed interest rate. These work well for applicants that have a good level of retirement income.
Secured Loans
If you already have a mortgage on the property and are fixed into a good deal, there may be secured loan mortgage options we can look at ahead of our recommendation.
As you can see, there is a lot to consider when looking to release equity from your home and seeing professional advice will prove invaluable. All alternative products should be considered by your mortgage advisor ahead of a recommendation.
Our team is available 7 days a week to answer all your questions surrounding the options on your home.
