Lease for Life calculator
An alternative way to fund retirement
The public are now considering equity release schemes as an alternative way to fund their retirement, therefore if a move is on the cards the Lease for Life Scheme could be an ideal alternative.
Want to save thousands on your dream home?
Dawn Charles Developments, the retirement specialists, have launched two new Schemes, in partnership with Andrew Hunt Estate Agents
House prices set to level off
House prices rose at their slowest level for more than a year during May.
New government pension proposals
The country is backing the idea of the national pensions savings scheme and personal pension accounts, with the new pensions backed by five out of six of us.
Moving in July has never been so popular
Britain’s insurance provider for the over 50s, Saga Home Insurance, has confirmed that July is the month when most of the over 50s population will uproot and move to another property
Next generation mortgages mean loans well into retirement
Rising house prices alongside rising interest rates. How do today’s generation get a foot on the property ladder when the cost is way beyond the traditional two-and-a-half-times-a-salary ceiling?
65 no longer means time to stop work
Less than half of UK adults believe they'll be able to stop working & retire by 65 amid fears that retirement savings will not provide for a comfortable old age.
You can not rely on anyone to fund your retirement for you
Bad news about the State Second Pension (S2P), which is probably still better-known as the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme or Serps.
Pick up a bargain in Kent
SEASIDE towns in the two southern corners of Britain also occupy the extreme ends of the property spectrum, from the crumbling resorts of Kent to the smart marinas of Cornwall.
Pensions for today's generation
With young people desperately saving to get onto the property ladder it is hardly surprising that 59% of twenty-somethings have no plans to save for retirement