0 Moving house with an Equity Release plan By The Bower Team / In Equity Release, Moving House Did you know that lenders may allow moving house with an equity release plan? This is because nowadays, some plans have the facility to ‘port’ your plan with you.Read more
0 Celebrity Equity Release By The Bower Team / In Moving House, Retirement Planning For those of us working into our 60s and 70s to clear our mortgages and rid ourselves of credit card repayments, it can be hard to feel much pity for celebrities living the high life. But spare a thought for these celebrities who might be finding it much harder to sell their UK homes this year. Following the stamp duty hike in the April 2016 budget, some of the UK’s more pricier properties now have over a million pounds in tax added to the cost of purchasing them – meaning many sellers are having to push down their prices to appease disgruntled buyers.Read more
0 An Urban Retirement By The Bower Team / In Moving House, Retirement Planning After years of the 9 to 5 and making the daily commute to the city, one might assume that most people in later life would be fleeing to a rural retreat in retirement to enjoy the plentiful benefits of countryside living. Yet, for those of us who have lived and worked in urban areas for the last 40 or so years, when the time comes to retire, the once-romantic reality of a country retirement, with its green fields, self-sustaining vegetable gardens and the pretty rose-covered cottages, could be a change too far. Read more
0 Moving house with equity release By The Bower Team / In Company News, Equity Release, Moving House As we approach retirement our priorities naturally change, and what might have been the perfect home to raise a family in, may not necessarily be so perfect for us in later life. It seems many people looking to move house these days are working towards a similar end goal. Research from the property website Rightmove found that 40 per cent of homeowners who are moving are selling their homes to downsize*. Read more
0 What is it like to be a British expat abroad? By The Bower Team / In Moving House, Retirement Planning If you are thinking about retiring abroad, then you might be wondering how you will cope with the adjustment. Here, we speak to a number of British expats to find out what made the move easier, and what challenges they were faced with.Read more
4 European places to retire to By The Bower Team / In Moving House Better weather, lower property prices and a slower pace of life – just some of the reasons why thousands of Britons every year opt for retirement overseas. When you consider the many benefits of retiring to the Continent, it really is no wonder that just over 1.3 million Britons are living in Europe*. Read more
4 The housing crisis hurts all ages By The Bower Team / In Moving House The number of homes currently for sale in the UK has fallen to a record low and, as a result, house prices are expected to spike upwards once more. Read more
4 Ex-Pats Migrating back to UK By The Bower Team / In Moving House More than two thirds of Brits who headed off to Europe for a life in the sun are returning to the UK. UK foreign exchange experts Moneycorp have recently reported that 70% of Brits who moved to mainland Europe are now considering coming home because as the value of the Pound has plunged, so has their ability to afford mortgage payments and general living costs. Some 74% of those ex-pats living in Spain alone intend to return to the UK, according to the survey.Read more