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Equity release is a way to access some of the money tied up in the value of your home without having to move house.
There are different plans that allow you to release this cash, either by taking out a loan secured against your home, or selling a part or all of your home.
With either plan you get to stay in your home until you die or move into permanent care.
Depending on the plan, you can release the money as a lump sum or in instalments, and it’s up to you how you spend it. So, if you find yourself with equity in your home but limited cash to live as you’d like, it can be a solution.
The money you release will need to pay off any outstanding mortgage first. The rest is yours to spend as you wish.
A Lifetime mortgage is a loan secured on your home so you can stay where you are and keep ownership of your property.
You don’t necessarily have to make monthly payments. Instead, when you pass away or move into permanent care, your home is sold – and the loan and interest are repaid from the proceeds.
You get a cash lump sum and maintain home ownership
There are no monthly repayments
Interest will accrue on the amount of money you release
The interest and lump sum will be paid off when you (and your partner in the case of joint applications) pass away or move into permanent care
A drawdown lifetime mortage is just like a roll-up lifetime mortgage, but you can release your money flexibly as and when you need it – rather than taking one lump sum
You can keep money in a reserve account, ready to ‘drawdown’
Interest won’t accrue on the money in your reserve, until you decide to release it
It also gives you a safety net of a cash reserve, which you can access when you need to
Rather than rolling up interest every year, an interest-only lifetime mortgage lets you pay off a certain amount of interest every month
This way, you can manage the amount of interest that will need to be repaid when your home is sold
The media push the idea of using comparison sites all the time for obtaining the best deal, as tempting as it can be this is often not the best idea when it comes to financial products, instead we recommend the use of a specialist mortgage & general insurance broker.
Using a mortgage & general insurance broker greatly enhances your chances of not only getting a mortgage/insurance product but also getting a deal that is right for you. There is no doubt that comparison sites can be helpful but with something as important as your mortgage/life protection we feel you are better of getting the personal touch. By using us at MGI Direct we will analyse your circumstances and pick a product for you that fits the information you provide.
The general criteria for a mortgage loan are as follows:
There are many reasons that remortgaging your home makes sense, whether you are looking for a better deal, looking to raise money to pay off dent or looking to raise money for home renovation.
If you are on your lenders standard variable rate (this is the rate that you revert to when your deal ends) then you should absolutely remortgage, standard variable rates are nearly always more than fixed term rates.
We will never perform a credit check on you ourselves however the lender will, we may sometimes ask you to do a credit check on yourselves if you are declined by a lender so as we can advise you on why the lender has declined you and give us a better idea of who we can place you with going forward.
Whilst most high street lenders like to see a good credit score in order to offer you a mortgage we do have access to many lenders that are a little more forgiving in certain circumstances.
THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE SECURING OTHER DEBTS AGAINST YOUR HOME. YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON A MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER DEBT SECURED ON IT.
A lifetime mortgage is a loan secured against your home. It will reduce the value of your estate and may affect your entitlement to means tested benefits
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