Researchers from UNSW Business School will investigate behavioural and other issues behind the low uptake of reverse mortgages in Australia. A reverse mortgage is a loan that enables homeowners to access their home equity; the homeowner can borrow without having to make repayments while living in the home. Home equity is typically the largest component […]
continue readingAustralia is facing a major retirement funding challenge. We are living longer than ever, yet it’s becoming increasingly clear that many people don’t have enough superannuation to fund a comfortable retirement. Australia’s baby boomers are hitting retirement. Over the coming years, 5.5 million people born between 1946 and 1964 will retire; for many of those, […]
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2019
Household Capital, an independent, specialist retirement funding provider, has announced it has entered the Australian retirement sector with an innovative loan product that allows retirees to use equity in the family home to fund retirement expenses, enhance income or provide financial support to their children and other family members. Household Capital provides Australian home owners […]
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2019
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