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Re: Pension overwhelmed
my outgoing in a few years will be normal household bills/food around about 1200 as will have no debt. I plan to top up 11k pension with 2 part time jobs 1k each - 3k total. Also use the 75 or 105k d…1 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
I am not sure where the time has gone, but TBF it has been busy. We are officially in our new property, and have been for about 6 weeks. Everything is unpacked and most things have a tentative home, …19 -
Re: Should I use Aegon or Hargreaves Lansdown
Just to reinforce previous comments, with an example; If you pick a standard medium risk Aegon branded fund that has say 60% equities and 40% bonds, it will perform very similar to a HL branded fund …1 -
Re: Lifetime interest only mortgage
Personally, I think it would make more sense to bang it on a credit card or loan, it should be affordable with your incomes. You say your home only goes to the council, true. But my gran went into a …4 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
>Did it not invite you to enter a different nominated account when opening Issue 2? Sorry I can't remember if it was possible to have a different nominated account than issue 1 with either BS1 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
Manchester BS have to come from ONE nominated account. I phoned them and queried this. Why this rule? They are part of Newcastle BS that does not have this rule! I'm in the process of switching …5 -
Re: Loan to dying parent
If it was me: I'd talk to the rest of the family / executors to make sure that they understand and are happy with what you want to do. This is really to protect you from someone getting upset la…2 -
Re: Californian Family Trust Guidance
Questions - Were your parents UK or US tax resident prior to death? Which parent created the trust , what were the assets settled therein and current approx value? Who are the current named trustees,…2 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
Unfortunately if like me you use RBS/Ulster/NatWest then you can't, as RBS online systems don't allow multiple payee's with the same account/sort code - even if they have different ref…3 -
Re: Easy Access rates going up
The job of a savings provider is to attract sufficient money to meet their lending aspirations at the lowest rate possible. If they cannot maintain enough money at their existing rate, then they will…4
