{"id":105329,"date":"2019-03-23T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/retirement-interest-only-mortgages-offer-lifeline-to-older-borrowers\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T15:04:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T08:04:50","slug":"retirement-interest-only-mortgages-offer-lifeline-to-older-borrowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/retirement-interest-only-mortgages-offer-lifeline-to-older-borrowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement interest-only mortgages offer lifeline to older borrowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDemand is growing for a new type of home loan that helps the over-55s facing a shortfall at the end of their existing termA new breed of interest-only mortgage for older people is starting to take off. These deals could throw a lifeline to thousands of people who have an interest-only home loan that\u2019s coming to an end, but don\u2019t know how they are going to pay back what they owe.Interest-only mortgages became virtually extinct following the credit crunch and were once branded a ticking timebomb. During the past few years some older homeowners with these mortgages have found themselves staring down the barrel of a big shortfall and worried they could lose their homes. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2019\/mar\/23\/retirement-interest-only-mortgages-offer-lifeline-to-older-borrowers\" target=\"_blank\">Retirement interest-only mortgages offer lifeline to older borrowers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Demand is growing for a new type of home loan that helps the over-55s facing&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-roR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83083,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/interest-only-mortgages-how-to-tackle-the-shortfall\/","url_meta":{"origin":105329,"position":0},"title":"Interest-only mortgages: how to tackle the shortfall","date":"March 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r From remortgaging to speaking to your lender, there are a number of ways borrowers can ensure they keep their homeIt is the mortgage that has been labelled a ticking timebomb. 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