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What best to do with £17,000

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Hello

A friend of mine (not me unfortunately) is about to sell her house and will walk away with £17,000.

She is not keen to go straight back into the property market and is wondering what best to do with the money.

It would need to be a relatively short term investment of maybe 6 months to 2 years, with no risk. What would give her the best returns?

Any suggestions?

Minski

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  • FairyElephant_2
    FairyElephant_2 Posts: 1,117 Forumite
    Stick 3k into a mini cash ISA to start with (no risk, tax free savings & she can close it whenever she wants), then I would be inclines to set up in a highest rate poss savings (Leeds have a good one at the mo' - can't remeber the details though) and 'drip feed' a couple of monthly savings accounts but watch out if she can't keep them running the whole year as she may miss out).
    I'm not a risk taker, so that is what I would do!
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