Equity release: unlock money from your home for a more comfortable retirement
Equity release is typically available to people who are over the age of 55 and have their own home with a significant amount of equity, but don’t have enough money or income for their needs. By releasing equity in the form of a lifetime mortgage or home reversion plan, it enables the individual(s) to remain in their home and raise money for things such as:
* to generate a capital lump sum *
* to provide an additional income *
* to provide lifetime gifts to relatives *
* for home improvements *
* for holiday home purchase *
* to fund long term care *
Where equity release is a suitable solution and you take out a lifetime mortgage or home reversion plan, the money does not usually need to be paid back or the home sold until the last remaining borrower dies or moves into care, although this may not be the case, for example if you make repayments to preserve as much of the inheritable estate as possible.