Retiree reflections: Does your housing meet your retirement needs?
Housing affordability and supply is a major concern, especially for younger Australians, but many retirees are also grappling with the issue of where to live.
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Housing affordability and supply is a major concern, especially for younger Australians, but many retirees are also grappling with the issue of where to live.
The Home Equity Access Scheme can be a great way to boost your retirement income by taking a loan from the government against the equity in your home.
If you’re finding it difficult to make ends meet in retirement, one solution to free up some extra cash could be to take out a reverse mortgage.
A reverse mortgage could allow you to unlock some of the equity in your home for retirement expenses. Our video demonstrations show how to use two free calculators to assess your options and make an informed choice.
The family home is much more than a roof over your head in retirement. It’s also a potential source of income and aged care funding.
While super is synonymous with retirement, the reality is that many Australians will also draw retirement income from investments held outside super in their own name, a company or trust.
If you are looking for ways to save a bigger first home deposit, changes on the horizon promise to remove hurdles to the FHSSS and make the scheme simpler to use.
With housing affordability an increasing issue, the needs of retired renters deserve attention. Discover what renting could mean for your retirement income and super balance goals.
Whether it’s better to tip savings into super or the mortgage is a common question and even more pertinent now that mortgage interest rates are on the rise and returns from super are volatile.
Eligible downsizer contributions can be a great way to boost your super without falling foul of many of the rules affecting other super contributions.
Sheena Stow-Smith from PensionHelp answers reader questions about how minimum drawdowns impact Age Pension entitlements.
Sheena Stow-Smith from PensionHelp answers reader questions about the impact on Age Pension entitlements of buying or selling the family home.
It’s often said that location is everything where property is concerned, but it also makes a big difference to how far your money stretches in retirement.
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