Home reversion plans
With a home reversion plan you sell part or all of your home to a reversion plan company in exchange for a tax-free cash lump sum and a guaranteed lifetime lease with no monthly repayments to meet.
You stay in your home rent free for as long as you choose and are able to guarantee an inheritance to your beneficiaries. Both you and the reversion scheme company share in any increase in your property's value, providing you have not exchanged 100% of its value.
Advantages of a home reversion plan
- You are able to guarantee an inheritance
- There are no monthly repayments to make
- You benefit from any increase in value of the percentage of the property that you still own
- Reversion plans may be available to those aged 55+ and you can typically raise more money from your home at a younger age with a reversion plan than a lifetime mortgage would allow
- The older you are, the more money you will be able to release with a reversion plan
Disadvantages of a home reversion plan
- Typically, you do not receive the full market value of the share of the property you sell because the reversion plan company will give you the absolute right to live in it rent free for the rest of your life, and will not get their money back for a number of years
- The reversion plan company owns a share of your home and will also benefit from any increase in value
- Reversion plans cannot usually be reversed as you are selling part of your home
- The majority of reversion plan providers do not guarantee further advances
Key Retirement Solutions offer independent financial advice on a wide range of equity release schemes including home reversion plans, to find the best equity release solution for your retirement. Get specialist advice on equity release by speaking to one of our independent equity release advisers.
This is a home reversion plan. To understand the features and risks ask for a personalised illustration.
