Fifty per cent of over 50s consider either buy-to-let or buy-to-sell property as the most attractive investment option when planning their family’s financial security – ahead of shares, equities, antiques or any other type of investment.

That’s according to research carried out by buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment.

Sequre found that only 10 per cent of over 50s are happier with their plans for retirement now than they were five years ago. The survey results also show that almost 60 per cent of 50 to 59-year-olds would invest in property to secure their children’s or grandchildren’s future, ahead of other investments. This percentage decreases as the age of respondents increases, with only 25 per cent of over 80s considering property investment as the most attractive investment option when planning their family’s financial security. This trend strengthens the idea that those approaching retirement have an increasingly positive outlook on property investment, something which Sequre’s managing director Graham Davidson believes is down to a lack of trust in banks and volatility in the stock market. He said: “We have identified a sharp increase in the number of investors who are approaching retirement coming to us with an interest in the rewards of property investment and its potential to rescue their retirement plans.

“I think this demographic, feeling let down by banks and the performance of the stock market, is wising up to the appeal of buy-to-let investment as an income source in retirement which can also provide ‘lump sum’ financial security for their family. The fact our research found buy-to-let investment is more than twice as popular as shares amongst over 50s speaks for itself.”

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