The role of debt is really starting to take toll on all walks of life and has no respect for age either.

Here at debt advice now we hear stories of real events that would make your hair turn grey (if it hasn’t already) any way we found this very up to date article which we thought that we would share it with you let us know what your situation is and if you need help then just contact us, hit the button you know how.

People over the age of 55 have been warned about increasing debts.

Older people in Milton Keynes contacting leading debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) for help last year owed an average of £22,945 on credit cards, loans and other unsecured debts, according to newly released figures.

The charity says that the situation may lead to increasing numbers of retired homeowners considering releasing equity from their homes as a means of repaying what they owe.

The continued squeeze on household budgets – and in particular, large rises in gas and electricity bills – have hit older people particularly hard, causing many to struggle to keep up with their repayments.

In the last year, clients of CCCS’s free equity release advice service unlocked an average of £29,983 of capital from their homes to help pay down debts and meet other costs – and the charity expects to see the number of homeowners investigating this option to grow in the coming months.

CCCS equity release manager, Tom Moloney, said: “Equity release can be a good solution for some retirees looking to deal with problem debts, but it should only be considered as part of a long term retirement plan. I would urge anyone in the Milton Keynes area who is in this situation to seek free advice from a debt charity such as CCCS, who will be able to explain all the available options and give the best advice tailored to your circumstances.”

CCCS provides the UK’s only free equity release advice service. The service is backed up by the charity’s comprehensive debt counselling to ensure that equity release is only offered to those homeowners for whom it is the best solution.

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