Equity Release 

Equity release is the term used for products that provide consumers with a way of releasing the wealth, tied up in their property without having to sell it or move to another home. You must be a minimum age of 55 to be able to be considered for any equity release schemes.

With the ongoing pension shortfalls in the UK, your housing equity could play an important role in your later life and retirement planning.

Equity release can be used for lots of different purposes.

There are lots of other viable reasons why you might want to release equity from your home. 

Nowadays, growing numbers of people use the money to help family and friends with financial gifts at an earlier stage, and not waiting until they pass away before their families can access these gifts.

We only deal with reputable equity release providers to safeguard our clients’ interests, the providers that we deal with must include a “no negative equity” guarantee in their offering, which means that you can never owe more than the value of your home, regardless of what happens to house prices.

If you are considering taking out an equity release plan then get in touch with us today. We will go through all of your alternative options and assess the advantages and disadvantages of carrying out equity release on your property.

An accredited equity release specialist will talk you through your options and ensure that you fully understand the benefits and advantages to the options available to you, the effects this might have on state benefits and tax and your obligations.

Equity release has no impact on State pension payments or private pension arrangements, but other means-tested benefits may be affected and this will be part of our assessment. Our advisors are friendly ‘ real’ people and would never dream of putting any pressure whatsoever on your decision one way or another. We are here simply to offer advice and answer any questions or queries you or your family may have.

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