Equity release or a later life remortgage?
Releasing equity is not the only way to borrow against your home in later life. A standard later life repayment mortgage lets you borrow the same amount and pay it off over a set term, which clears the debt instead of letting it grow. This tool compares the long run cost of each, and shows the monthly payment a repayment mortgage would need.
Lifetime mortgage
£220,000
eventual balance, no monthly payments
Later life remortgage
£117,600
total repaid, debt cleared at the end