A form of ownership where a person owns the right to occupy a property for a fixed lease term rather than owning the land outright. The lease length, ground rent, service charge and conditions can matter.
A form of ownership where a person owns the right to occupy a property for a fixed lease term rather than owning the land outright. The lease length, ground rent, service charge and conditions can matter.
Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage, secured against your property, or a home reversion plan. It will reduce the value of your estate and impact funding long-term care.
This entry follows Provider criteria, dated example only. It is a plain-English explanation of how the term is used in the UK, not a quotation, and it does not override a provider’s own wording.
Checked 7 September 2026. The whole vocabulary sits on one page, so you can look up two words in the same sentence without going anywhere: see this entry in the full glossary.
Equity release with a short lease: rule and myth
Work out which published rules your lease and your age actually meet.
Read the guide called Equity release with a short lease →Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage, secured against your property, or a home reversion plan. It will reduce the value of your estate and impact funding long-term care.
These guides use the term. Each line is quoted from the page it links to.
“A leasehold property where the remaining term is limited.”
Equity release eligibility: age, property and criteria →“Aviva ยท Lifetime mortgages lending criteria, and their leasehold guidance.”
How we check our figures, and what we got wrong →“No report makes a flying freehold into an ordinary freehold, no certificate turns a leasehold flat into a house, and nothing changes the decade a timber frame was built in.”
If a lender will not accept your property →“You own a leasehold flat and also own a share of the company or the title that owns the building.”
Equity release and a flying freehold →“Lifetime mortgages lending criteria, and their leasehold guidance.”
Equity release with a short lease: rule and myth →Each of these either appears in the definition above, or names this term in its own.
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A form of ownership where a person owns the right to occupy a property for a fixed lease term rather than owning the land outright. The lease length, ground rent, service charge and conditions can matter.
It follows one provider's dated published criteria. It is a plain-English explanation of how the term is used in the UK rather than a quotation, and it does not override a provider's own wording, the conditions of a plan you hold, or advice from your solicitor.
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Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage, secured against your property, or a home reversion plan. It will reduce the value of your estate and impact funding long-term care.
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