Half of UK homeowners will need to tap housing wealth to pay for retirement

Unlocking property wealth could inject £21 billion each year into UK economy by 2040, according to new research

Pensioner couple sit on bench in the garden as they look at large property.
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Millions of UK households are expected to need to draw on their housing wealth to pay for their desired lifestyle in retirement, according to a new study – but billions of pounds are waiting for them if they do.

By 2040, more than half (51%) of homeowners aged over 60 could benefit from accessing their housing wealth in retirement through later life lending, also known as equity release.

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Laura Miller is an experienced financial and business journalist. Formerly on staff at the Daily Telegraph, her freelance work now appears in the money pages of all the national newspapers. She endeavours to make money issues easy to understand for everyone, and to do justice to the people who regularly trust her to tell their stories. She lives by the sea in Aberystwyth. You can find her tweeting @thatlaurawrites