The top 20 property hotspots for downsizers: Dreaming of a new life in retirement now you no longer need to worry about school catchment areas, commuter links and rooms for the kids? Read our definitive guide By Liz Rowlinson Updated: 12:01 BST, 14 July 2024 e-mail View comments Choosing where to live is a decision brimming with possibility. But for downsizers in particular – freed from the strictures of school catchment areas and commuter links – it's a time of unprecedented choice. Do you opt to live beside the sea or head to the countryside? Perhaps you seek small-town buzz rather than a tranquil village? For inspiration, Wealth & Personal Finance has gone househunting in the locations with the highest proportion of over-60s moving in, according to analysis by Hamptons Research using the latest available data from the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ), for 2022.
Here's a look at what's behind the appeal of the most in-demand destinations. East Lindsey, Lincolnshire East Lindsey is the area where the highest proportion of outsiders moving in are over 60 Downsizing homes here meet every requirement – they're affordable and close to the coast and picturesque countryside. So it's little surprise that East Lindsey is the area where the highest proportion of outsiders moving in are over 60.
Close to a third of incomers are in this age bracket, according to the analysis by Hamptons Research. Read More Protect your pension from Labour! The five steps experts say you sho.
