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Home Reversion Plans
Home Reversion Plans offer an important alternative to Lifetime Mortgage Schemes.
How do they work?
The Reversion Provider will purchase all or a share of your property in return for a cash lump sum. The Reversion Provider will own the property but in return you are granted a lifetime lease which gives you the security to live in your home rent free until you die or go into long term care (or, if you are a couple when the survivor of you dies or goes into long term care).
If for example you sell 50% of your property, when you leave 50% of the property’s future value will go to the Home Reversion Provider and 50% will go to your beneficiaries.
If you sell all of your property, when you are no longer around the property will go in full to the Home Reversion Scheme Provider.
If you have not sold your entire home initially then it may be possible to sell further shares in your property to get further loans as and when required and some providers guarantee to purchase further sums from you if your circumstances change in the future.
Home Reversions Schemes are not short term commitments and are not suitable for those wishing to buy back all or a share of their property during the term of the plan.
All SHIP approved Reversion Schemes allow you to move home, although this will be subject to the new property being suitable to the provider.
The amount you receive for the share you sell is based on your age. The younger you are the longer you will be likely to be living in your property rent free so therefore the cash sum offered by the provider will be less.. The amount is at a premium and not on a like for like basis; if you have a £200,000 house and you wish to sell 50%, you would approximately receive around £60,000 as a lump sum.
These schemes are not loans or mortgages and therefore there is no roll up of interest. Customers choosing Home reversion plans often chose them because of the degree of certainty they provide.
An advantage of Home Reversion Schemes is that generally they allow you to release a higher amount than available under Lifetime Mortgages. These schemes work well for clients who wish to take a maximum amount out of their property for their benefit over time and are not concerned about leaving any inheritance.
Customers who wish to guarantee a future inheritance can rest assured with this option as they can leave a certain percentage of the property that has not been sold.
Those clients who wish to repay large mortgages can also find these extremely useful due to the higher release facility available.
There are various options available under those schemes such as house price inflation guarantees, under this option it allows your estate to benefit from an extra ordinary increase in your property value over time; therefore if your property grows beyond expectation an additional cash sum may be paid at the end of the plan.
The choice of which type of Equity Release scheme to choose can be complex and a greater understanding of the risks involved is required. Our Specialist Advisors are fully trained to assess your requirements and explore all your options.
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