Although many of the middle class have a large amount of equity in their homes, as house prices plummet their property may no longer be the stable investment they relied on. Many people’s wealth has gone into property, leaving them vulnerable to the unstable property market. In fact, a sale and rent back scheme may be the best way of unlocking that equity allowing homeowners to reinvest the cash into a safer investment, but still giving them the opportunity to stay in their real homes as tenants.

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