Buy to let - the new pension scheme?

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One financial publication recently said it was "the house that saved the world", but now the idea th...

One financial publication recently said it was "the house that saved the world", but now the idea that buying additional property to safeguard pension income is gaining strength and could be the new black according to Mortgage Talk partner Steve Mansfield. He says the projected returns from investing in shares or gilts mean that pensions planning demands that people start looking at something else. And that other something is investing in property. This conclusion is based on the idea that as current homeowners reach the stage whereby significant equity is sunk into their ...

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