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Re: Rejigging my plan using an annuity

dunstonh

1 September at 11:38AM

Don't rule out including the spouse. I know you are not looking at it now but an older/similar aged spouse may not make much difference to the annuity rate and if the health of the spouse qualifies f…

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Re: Posting for motivation!

firesidemaid

1 September at 9:50AM

How old will you be in 6 years and how are you funding your retirement? Do you plan to work at all in a lesser way or just stop?Current job stable? Can you pay even more off? What is you current mort…

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Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread

clivep

1 September at 12:30PM

NationwideRegular saver matures later this month. 13th payment has been returned. In the past Nationwide has allowed the 13th payment. Is this a change in policy?

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Re: 2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering

suzeesu2000

1 September at 12:45PM

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger "Excellent work decluttering your pantry shelves suzeesu2000 👏 So neat & tidy now 🤩 I did notice that ‘someone’ obviously loves HP brown sauce 😉"Funny you should menti…

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Re: Uneven split on mortgage payments in credit card application

SuperAllyB

31 August at 4:00PM

That may be true but any cards I've ever applied for the question has always been about monthly payments and not debt liability! And indeed monthly payments are what the OP was asking about ...

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Re: never seen this before

Smalltownhypocrite

30 August at 5:38PM

It sounds like a standard a corporate sale... so a repossession usually. They need to get the most money possible to maximise profit to cover the debt and raise money for the debtee so they stay on m…

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Re: Selling house for care home fees

elmer

1 September at 10:40AM

Im a care home assessor and unless your sister has sold her house I wouldn't accept it either Why do you want your Dad to spend his remaining years in a council home rather than picking the best home…

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Re: Paying to View Credit History

Isthisforreal99

1 September at 9:43AM

What doesn't make sense is paying for it when there are various ways to get it free.

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Re: Urgent help with AviationADR - Awarded to me but no pay

molerat

21 August at 11:51AM

Only cost is a stamp to send a LBA, plenty of templates on the web.

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Re: LGPS AVC 25% TFLS calculation

Silvertabby

1 September at 11:05AM

I agree with your figures. Most likely answer is a gremlin in the calculator. Are you close enough to retirement to request an actual quote, including options for your residual AVC ?

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