Safe as Houses?
Safe as Houses explains the various different options that are available regarding minimizing property tax liability and helps you decide which might be right for you. It explores subjects such as inheritance tax, retiring abroad, buying with your children, down-sizing, buying with a friend, equity release schemes, age-exclusive housing, and more.
Safe as Houses? offers practical advice on all of the options relating to your property – from staying put or downsizing, through to retiring abroad, or going into a care home – and tackles issues such as:
• taking out equity release
• renting instead of buying
• retiring outside the United Kingdom
• sheltered housing
• buying a property with your adult children, or for your parents
Looking closely at all the financial implications of each lifestyle and housing choice, this new title will help you assess all the pluses and minuses in order to find the option that’s right for you and your loved ones, depending on your particular circumstances, inclinations and financial standing.
REVIEWS :"A practical guide for older homeowners in retirement."
Moneywise, December 2007
"Liz Hodgkinson is a respected property journalist who has
published other books on property matters. This is a welcome addition,
which examines the financial implications of each housing choice."
Choice
Paperback, 192 Pages, Dimensions 216 x 135 MM Language English.
How inheritance tax works;
Loopholes and their downsides;
Giving away your property and assets while still alive;
Marriage;
Civil partnerships;
Joint ownership;
Downsizing or renting;
Moving abroad;
Equity release;
Creating a trust;
Putting property in the names of your children;
Other options and choices
Liz Hodgkinson is a prolific author and journalist who has written over 40 books. She writes regularly on property matters for the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail, and also contributes to The Guardian, The Independent and various magazines and websites.