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  The decision to sell your home in retirement is commonly influenced by a number of factors, both emotional and financial.

People choose to sell for one of several reasons:

To help reduce expenses
To provide a capital base from which to generate retirement income.
To simplify their lifestyle
Because of a change in circumstances (financial health, children leaving home)

From a strictly financial perspective, the decision to sell a home is most often made to generate income from the sale plus the elimination of any housing expenses. Here are some important points to consider:

To help reduce expenses:
 
Mortgage if not paid off
Property taxes and maintenance charges
 
One or more of these conditions may make it difficult to manage financially or reduce your lifestyle expectations beyond what you would want. Before making the final decision, investigate what type of living arrangements you would like and how much they would cost.
   
To provide a capital base from which to generate income:
 


If you find that our retirement income doesn't quite meet your expenses, the capital you will free up selling your home can be invested in income producing investments, providing you with the extra income you may need.

To simplify your lifestyle or better meet your new lifestyle:

Would it be more convenient to live in a smaller place? Or a place that's closer to certain facilities, friends, family, activity centers you plan to use regularly, etc.?

What about your retired lifestyle? How much traveling are you planning to do? If you're spending most of your time traveling, will your home be empty while you're away? Do you have a cottage where you're planning to spend much of your retirement years? Do you belong to a community club or church where you're planning to spend much of your time? These decisions will help you decide whether it makes better sense to sell your house and downsize.

   
 
 
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