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Just 23% of people will have a moderate standard of living in retirement: “If you’re in your 50s, now is the time to confront the numbers”

FINANCIAL advisers and money experts have responded to Pension UK’s updated Retirement Living Standards (RLS) report, which shows that under a quarter of people are predicted to have a moderate...
Dominic Hiatt/9 hours ago
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New retirement research shoes that just 23% of people will have a moderate level of living in retirement
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1 in 7 households have no working adults at all as experts warn it’s a “flare going up over the economy” for the UK featured image

1 in 7 households have no working adults at all as experts warn it’s a “flare going up over the economy” for the UK

Douglas Patient/9 hours ago
5 min read
More borrowers consider tracker mortgages as cheaper rates and no early repayment charges tempt homeowners: “People want flexibility” featured image

More borrowers consider tracker mortgages as cheaper rates and no early repayment charges tempt homeowners: “People want flexibility”

Douglas Patient/12 hours ago
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Experts warn that it is “no surprise” a third of people do not believe a university degree is worth it – as inquiry launched into student debt featured image

Experts warn that it is “no surprise” a third of people do not believe a university degree is worth it – as inquiry launched into student debt

Douglas Patient/1 day ago
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Business owners “frustrated” by Labour’s “who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others” message: “We are rearranging deckchairs on a heavily-taxed ship” featured image

Business owners “frustrated” by Labour’s “who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others” message: “We are rearranging deckchairs on a heavily-taxed ship”

Douglas Patient/1 day ago
5 min read
Mortgage approvals soar in April showing “first-time buyers are taking advantage of a more negotiable market” – but “the mood is far more cautious” today featured image

Mortgage approvals soar in April showing “first-time buyers are taking advantage of a more negotiable market” – but “the mood is far more cautious” today

Douglas Patient/1 day ago
6 min read
Stamp duty stasis: SDLT “has absolutely become a drag on the UK property market” say mortgage experts featured image

Stamp duty stasis: SDLT “has absolutely become a drag on the UK property market” say mortgage experts

Dominic Hiatt/2 days ago
5 min read
Renters’ Rights Act has “driven a reduction in house prices” and has “spooked a lot of smaller landlords”, experts say featured image

Renters’ Rights Act has “driven a reduction in house prices” and has “spooked a lot of smaller landlords”, experts say

Douglas Patient/2 days ago
8 min read
Halifax cuts mortgage rates but renewed tensions between US and Iran mean “borrowers should not assume rates will continue on a downward trajectory” featured image

Halifax cuts mortgage rates but renewed tensions between US and Iran mean “borrowers should not assume rates will continue on a downward trajectory”

Dominic Hiatt/2 days ago
4 min read
Nationwide says house prices were down 0.6% in May as “impact of the Middle East conflict feeds through” into property market featured image

Nationwide says house prices were down 0.6% in May as “impact of the Middle East conflict feeds through” into property market

Douglas Patient/3 days ago
5 min read
Bearing your soul to AI is “a ticking time bomb for everyone’s privacy” as OpenAI switches on marketing cookies, experts claim featured image

Bearing your soul to AI is “a ticking time bomb for everyone’s privacy” as OpenAI switches on marketing cookies, experts claim

Douglas Patient/5 days ago
4 min read
Experts warn of new 22% tax on stocks and shares ISAs next year: “It feels like a punishment aimed at diligent savers” featured image

Experts warn of new 22% tax on stocks and shares ISAs next year: “It feels like a punishment aimed at diligent savers”

Douglas Patient/5 days ago
6 min read
Barclays and NatWest announce mortgage rate cuts as market heats up amid May heatwave: “This marks a significant shift” featured image

Barclays and NatWest announce mortgage rate cuts as market heats up amid May heatwave: “This marks a significant shift”

Douglas Patient/6 days ago
4 min read
One in six young people will be out of work within five years as experts warn “it’s less a lost generation and more a betrayed one” featured image

One in six young people will be out of work within five years as experts warn “it’s less a lost generation and more a betrayed one”

Douglas Patient/7 days ago
7 min read
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House price growth softens in January: “Finding a deposit is a permanent struggle for first-time buyers.” featured image
Dominic Hiatt/1 year ago
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House price growth softens in January: “Finding a deposit is a permanent struggle for first-time buyers.”

Gilt yields rise as Chancellor’s “fiscal sleight of hand starts to receive an economic reality check” featured image
Dominic Hiatt/2 years ago
1 min read

Gilt yields rise as Chancellor’s “fiscal sleight of hand starts to receive an economic reality check”

“2025 could be the year of outsourcing” as businesses grapple with increased National Insurance costs featured image
Dominic Hiatt/1 year ago
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“2025 could be the year of outsourcing” as businesses grapple with increased National Insurance costs

Bank of England “must cut now” as markets await post-Budget interest rate decision featured image
Dominic Hiatt/2 years ago
1 min read

Bank of England “must cut now” as markets await post-Budget interest rate decision

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House prices up 1.2% in November, says Nationwide: “I’m scratching my head”

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More borrowers consider tracker mortgages as cheaper rates and no early repayment charges tempt homeowners: “People want flexibility” featured image

More borrowers consider tracker mortgages as cheaper rates and no early repayment charges tempt homeowners: “People want flexibility”

Douglas Patient/12 hours ago
6 min read
Nationwide says house prices were down 0.6% in May as “impact of the Middle East conflict feeds through” into property market featured image

Nationwide says house prices were down 0.6% in May as “impact of the Middle East conflict feeds through” into property market

Douglas Patient/3 days ago
5 min read
Santander cuts mortgage rates in a “rare flash of good news” – but brokers warn “don’t expect it to last” in a “yo-yo” market featured image

Santander cuts mortgage rates in a “rare flash of good news” – but brokers warn “don’t expect it to last” in a “yo-yo” market

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago
6 min read
Annual house price growth at zero as prices fall by 0.4% between February and March – “a new chapter” for the UK property market featured image

Annual house price growth at zero as prices fall by 0.4% between February and March – “a new chapter” for the UK property market

Dominic Hiatt/2 weeks ago
4 min read
NatWest enhances maximum Loan To Income: “Lenders are trying to pull out all the stops to get Britain moving” featured image

NatWest enhances maximum Loan To Income: “Lenders are trying to pull out all the stops to get Britain moving”

Dominic Hiatt/2 weeks ago
4 min read
Brokers warn “recent fixed-rate cuts will stall within days and reverse within weeks” if swaps continue to rise featured image

Brokers warn “recent fixed-rate cuts will stall within days and reverse within weeks” if swaps continue to rise

Dominic Hiatt/3 weeks ago
4 min read
Brokers welcome new Lloyds £5,000 deposit mortgage but question £300k price cap and warn of “the risk of negative equity” featured image

Brokers welcome new Lloyds £5,000 deposit mortgage but question £300k price cap and warn of “the risk of negative equity”

Dominic Hiatt/3 weeks ago
7 min read
First-time buyers bear the brunt of mortgage mayhem as high LTV product choice down 14% since start of March featured image

First-time buyers bear the brunt of mortgage mayhem as high LTV product choice down 14% since start of March

Dominic Hiatt/3 weeks ago
4 min read
NatWest follows Santander in reducing selected mortgage rates as “lenders fight for volume in a sluggish market” featured image

NatWest follows Santander in reducing selected mortgage rates as “lenders fight for volume in a sluggish market”

Dominic Hiatt/4 weeks ago
4 min read
House prices down 0.1% in April as Iran war adds “greater degree of uncertainty” to property market featured image

House prices down 0.1% in April as Iran war adds “greater degree of uncertainty” to property market

Douglas Patient/4 weeks ago
4 min read
Halifax cuts mortgage rates but brokers warn borrowers that sharply rising swaps are a “real warning light” featured image

Halifax cuts mortgage rates but brokers warn borrowers that sharply rising swaps are a “real warning light”

Dominic Hiatt/4 weeks ago
3 min read
Mortgage affordability tightest since 2008: “The cost of everything is climbing far quicker than incomes” featured image

Mortgage affordability tightest since 2008: “The cost of everything is climbing far quicker than incomes”

Dominic Hiatt/4 weeks ago
5 min read
Savings
Just 23% of people will have a moderate standard of living in retirement: “If you’re in your 50s, now is the time to confront the numbers” featured image

Just 23% of people will have a moderate standard of living in retirement: “If you’re in your 50s, now is the time to confront the numbers”

Dominic Hiatt/9 hours ago
6 min read
Experts warn of new 22% tax on stocks and shares ISAs next year: “It feels like a punishment aimed at diligent savers” featured image

Experts warn of new 22% tax on stocks and shares ISAs next year: “It feels like a punishment aimed at diligent savers”

Douglas Patient/5 days ago
6 min read
Britain is under saving for retirement warns Pensions Commission — “we don’t have a pensions crisis coming, we’re already in one” featured image

Britain is under saving for retirement warns Pensions Commission — “we don’t have a pensions crisis coming, we’re already in one”

Dominic Hiatt/2 weeks ago
6 min read
Semantics and Savvy the Squirrel: “Investing is not squirrelling. Squirrelling is the psychological opposite of investing” featured image

Semantics and Savvy the Squirrel: “Investing is not squirrelling. Squirrelling is the psychological opposite of investing”

Dominic Hiatt/1 month ago
3 min read
Cash ISA savers encouraged to switch or miss out on £416: “Doing nothing is costing a lot of people a lot of money” featured image

Cash ISA savers encouraged to switch or miss out on £416: “Doing nothing is costing a lot of people a lot of money”

Dominic Hiatt/2 months ago
4 min read
Millions of savers to be forced to pay tax on their cash savings due to fiscal drag: “Many will not recognise that they have crossed the line” featured image

Millions of savers to be forced to pay tax on their cash savings due to fiscal drag: “Many will not recognise that they have crossed the line”

Douglas Patient/2 months ago
5 min read
Millions of savers missing out on up to £13,000 due to ‘Cash ISA loyalty penalty’: “A quick check today could make a meaningful difference to your savings” featured image

Millions of savers missing out on up to £13,000 due to ‘Cash ISA loyalty penalty’: “A quick check today could make a meaningful difference to your savings”

Douglas Patient/2 months ago
5 min read
Savers urged to track ISA rates beyond April for top returns as experts warn Brits to avoid “the biggest trap” featured image

Savers urged to track ISA rates beyond April for top returns as experts warn Brits to avoid “the biggest trap”

Douglas Patient/3 months ago
6 min read
Nationwide launches new fixed rate ISAs with up to 4.25% interest in boost for savers – but it’s “hard to justify locking away cash for long periods of time” featured image

Nationwide launches new fixed rate ISAs with up to 4.25% interest in boost for savers – but it’s “hard to justify locking away cash for long periods of time”

Douglas Patient/3 months ago
3 min read
Should you overpay your mortgage? Experts reveal the pros and cons: “It isn’t a no-brainer for everyone” featured image

Should you overpay your mortgage? Experts reveal the pros and cons: “It isn’t a no-brainer for everyone”

Douglas Patient/3 months ago
9 min read
Savings choice at record high but experts warn rates are falling: “You have to keep on your toes to secure the best rates” featured image

Savings choice at record high but experts warn rates are falling: “You have to keep on your toes to secure the best rates”

Douglas Patient/4 months ago
6 min read
Big bank loyalty leaves savers almost £300 worse off, research finds – “Loyalty is a synonym of apathy” featured image

Big bank loyalty leaves savers almost £300 worse off, research finds – “Loyalty is a synonym of apathy”

Dominic Hiatt/4 months ago
5 min read
pensions
Just 23% of people will have a moderate standard of living in retirement: “If you’re in your 50s, now is the time to confront the numbers” featured image

Just 23% of people will have a moderate standard of living in retirement: “If you’re in your 50s, now is the time to confront the numbers”

Dominic Hiatt/9 hours ago
6 min read
Britain is under saving for retirement warns Pensions Commission — “we don’t have a pensions crisis coming, we’re already in one” featured image

Britain is under saving for retirement warns Pensions Commission — “we don’t have a pensions crisis coming, we’re already in one”

Dominic Hiatt/2 weeks ago
6 min read
Gender pension gap set to get worse as “the ongoing cost of living crisis is damaging women’s ability to save for their futures” featured image

Gender pension gap set to get worse as “the ongoing cost of living crisis is damaging women’s ability to save for their futures”

Dominic Hiatt/3 weeks ago
5 min read
3 “pension wines” available today that are contenders to be the Mouton ’45 of the 21st Century (which costs £500 a sip) featured image

3 “pension wines” available today that are contenders to be the Mouton ’45 of the 21st Century (which costs £500 a sip)

Dominic Hiatt/4 weeks ago
6 min read
Semantics and Savvy the Squirrel: “Investing is not squirrelling. Squirrelling is the psychological opposite of investing” featured image

Semantics and Savvy the Squirrel: “Investing is not squirrelling. Squirrelling is the psychological opposite of investing”

Dominic Hiatt/1 month ago
3 min read
Experts urge Rachel Reeves to U-turn on capping National Insurance relief for pension contributions at £2,000 a year: “A blunt tax grab dressed up as fairness” featured image

Experts urge Rachel Reeves to U-turn on capping National Insurance relief for pension contributions at £2,000 a year: “A blunt tax grab dressed up as fairness”

Douglas Patient/3 months ago
4 min read
10-year UK Gilt yield higher than a year ago in “super news for those retiring on pension income” – but government debt costs rise featured image

10-year UK Gilt yield higher than a year ago in “super news for those retiring on pension income” – but government debt costs rise

Douglas Patient/3 months ago
6 min read
Official data shows gender pensions gap still exists: “Women are still slightly less likely to participate in workplace pensions in the private sector” featured image

Official data shows gender pensions gap still exists: “Women are still slightly less likely to participate in workplace pensions in the private sector”

Dominic Hiatt/3 months ago
5 min read
What healthy life expectancy going down to 60 in the UK means for pensions: “A poor retirement looks likely for most” featured image

What healthy life expectancy going down to 60 in the UK means for pensions: “A poor retirement looks likely for most”

Douglas Patient/3 months ago
4 min read
Pension scheme reforms to tackle gender pension gap that “actively punishes women for having children” featured image

Pension scheme reforms to tackle gender pension gap that “actively punishes women for having children”

Dominic Hiatt/4 months ago
5 min read
Experts warn everyone with a pension there are three main things to get right for a “comfortable retirement” featured image

Experts warn everyone with a pension there are three main things to get right for a “comfortable retirement”

Douglas Patient/5 months ago
3 min read
HMRC celebrates its app hitting 136 million logins this year: “It isn’t a digital triumph, it’s a metric of desperation” featured image

HMRC celebrates its app hitting 136 million logins this year: “It isn’t a digital triumph, it’s a metric of desperation”

Douglas Patient/5 months ago
5 min read
Douglas Patient/1 week ago
7 min read

AI bubble in the markets “is the biggest we have ever seen” and “warning signs are already flashing”, experts say

AI bubble in the markets “is the biggest we have ever seen” and “warning signs are already flashing”, experts say featured image
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