Some might say that retirement is one big holiday (and why not!) however when I look at those who are retired around me they just don’t stop. Whether they’re helping out in the local community, looking after grandchildren, working on the house and garden or taking part in hobbies their days of retirement it seems [...]
Following on from last week’s blog about retirement being the age of adventure I thought it would be nice to check out exactly what people have on their retirement bucket lists. Google the term ‘retirement bucket list’ and you are spoilt for choice. Titled the ‘Ultimate Bucket List’ this one caught my eye! Certain items [...]
Gone are the days when retirement conjured up images of slippers, armchairs, Ovaltine and crosswords. Okay so I’m slightly guilty of hamming things up here but the truth is that each generation is getting younger. In fact I think it’s fair to say that today’s 60 is the new middle age. Not only do we [...]
“How will equity release affect my family?” For most of our customers this is one of the first questions they want answered. And understandably so. We all want the reassurance that our families will be well provided for, so when you are making a big financial decision such as equity release it’s important that you [...]
When it comes to anything that might affect the value of our homes most of us are like little Meerkats - always on the lookout for potential threats and ready to alert the neighbours. And, whilst we’re all well aware of the importance of location, location, location (Thank you Kirsty and Phil) and the positive [...]
Here at The Right Equity Release we’re big fans of speaking in plain English and tend to prefer this over all that jargon filled waffle. In our opinion there is nothing worse than a load of financial acronyms, all designed to impress rather than help. So, in that vain we thought it might be useful [...]
According to the Equity Release Council’s Spring 2019 report, single women over 55 accounted for over 1/4 of new equity release agreements made in late 2018, that’s a 50% increase on 2017. So, what are the drivers behind this demographic shift? A combination of 3 main factors seem responsible for this pretty sizeable shift; the [...]
Thinking of embarking on your very first cruise? 5 Top Tips before you hoist your sail out of old Blighty. With holiday season upon us I just couldn’t resist another travel focussed article. A lot of our customers seem to love a good cruise so I decided to ask around and do a bit of [...]
Madonna is blasting out of your speakers, the flip flops are out, new swimwear has been purchased and you’re all stocked up on factor 50. Now all you need is a holiday that won’t see you forced to wear the same swimwear in 2020 (shocking suggestion I know). Of course with summer looming and with [...]
Make your home perfect! Any fans of the longstanding show Location, Location, Location will most likely be familiar with Kirsty and Phil’s newer Channel 4 show Love it or List it. Here, we once again see this TV couple pitted against each other to win the coveted, post-show, drink in the pub. However, rather than [...]
