Top Items People Would Like To Inherit From A Loved One

Americans have put more thought into what they’d like to inherit after a loved one’s death than what will happen to their assets when they die, new research suggests. According to a poll of 2-thousand U.S. adults, they’d rather get a passed-down pet than a car, but it’s not the thing they want most.

The survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Trust & Will reveals:

  • The top assets people would like to inherit one day from a loved one are a house or property (65%), a pet (59%), money (58%) and a car or collectibles (53%).
  • While they’ve given thought to what they’d like to receive, 32% haven’t considered what happens to their assets when they die.
  • Almost half (45%) of respondents have a will or are included in someone else’s estate plan (46%).
  • Half (51%) expect they’ll inherit something from a loved one and more prefer valuable heirlooms (44%) than sentimental ones (27%).
  • But some folks already know the most sentimental thing they’d like to have passed down from a loved one, with responses ranging from “My dad’s ring” to “A coin from my father that was very important and personal to him,” to “Photographs of my family and the special moments I can go look at to remind of a simpler time and the moments of good memories.”
  • Two in five of those polled admit they would be jealous of relatives who inherited more than they did.
  • More people would rather save their money for future generations than spend it all while they’re alive (47% compared to 30%).

Source: SWNS Digital

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