The Age Pension is an important source of income for many retired Australians. We can work with you to understand how a reverse mortgage can be used to preserve your pension entitlements and always recommend you speak to Centrelink to ensure your entitlements aren’t affected.

If you are using your home equity to top up your super or other investments, you are required to obtain financial advice. This will help you determine how best to deploy your home equity to ensure improved long-term retirement funding. A financial adviser can also help structure your financial affairs to maximise your entitlements to the Age Pension.

Household Capital requires you to get appropriate legal advice to ensure you understand your rights and obligations and to confirm that a Household Loan is right for your circumstances.

What is a Household Loan?A Household Loan is our innovative approach to borrowing against home equity for responsible, long-term, retirement funding. It is a type of reverse mortgage, which allows you to borrow money using the equity in your home as security. Interest is charged like any other loan, but you don’t need to make regular repayments while you live in your home.

The loan must be repaid in full when you sell or leave your home or, in most cases, if you move into residential aged care. Please see the Reverse Mortgage Information Statement for more information.

To find out more about reverse mortgages, including a reverse mortgage calculator to help you work out how much equity you may have in the future, visit the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s free consumer website at www.moneysmart.gov.au. Try our home equity calculator or call us on 1300 760 139 to see how using your Household Capital could improve your retirement funding and help you to Live Well At Home™.