Equity Release
What is Equity Release?
Equity release involves turning equity in your property into disposable cash. It is an option often used by those aged 55 and above as a way of making their retirement more comfortable by providing the finances to improve their standard of living, travel, make home improvements or help their children out financially.
The amount of equity in your property is calculated by removing any remaining mortgage from the value of your property.
Being a specialist area of conveyancing law, at Rothera Bray our experienced advisors are experts in releasing the equity in your property whilst ensuring your finances remain secure.
Why use Rothera Bray for Equity Release?
Our conveyancing team are based across 7 offices across Nottingham, Leicester and Derby.
We will work in collaboration with your financial advisor, or we have a network of financial advisors we can recommend to you.
We work in close conjunction with our Wills, Probate and Trusts and Family Law departments where required so we can provide you with thorough information.
You will be assigned a team member who specialises in equity release and given their direct contact details.
We can advise if you are looking to use this service to finance the purchase or sale of a property.
We can also advise on transferring an existing equity release scheme to another property.
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