As someone approaching retirement, the chances are good that you are keen to supplement the income that will be afforded to you monthly once you pension scheme begins to pay out.  For many people, a lifetime mortgage is an elegant means by which to achieve this goal; however, for some, the business of acquiring this […]

If you are contemplating a retirement in which your income is to be significantly reduced, you are likely to be considering taking on an equity release plan or a lifetime mortgage. Unless you have specialist knowledge in this field, you may find that locating the right pension drawdown for you is not an easy task. […]

For many people, the prospect of a retirement is a fairly bleak one. More often than not, the payments received from a pension fund are significantly less than a monthly salary, and this means that once working life is over, the circumstances call for a change in lifestyle. If you have found yourself contemplating a […]

If you are approaching your retirement years and you are anxious that the income afforded to you by your pension fund will not be sufficient to meet all of your requirements, then you may well be considering releasing equity from your home. Equity release is a popular and, indeed, effective means by which to supplement […]

Norwich Union is now known as Aviva and is still a major UK provider of equity release schemes and capital access plans as a part of their retirement solutions package. For existing customers it is possible to increase the amount of equity accessed by your existing plans as personal finance circumstances may have changed. In […]

As you approach retirement it may seem that the only way to provide yourself with financial comfiture is to sign up to one of the many equity release schemes available in order to access the equity held within your home. However this is not the case. There are other options which can be much more […]