Tag Archives: housing market
The Treasury – the office of pension irresponsibility
The Treasury should be renamed the office of pension irresponsibility. It wants to milk pensions as the “new banks” and is acting as the political wing of the housing market. It talks fiscal prudence while pushing the bribes of March. For … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Andrew Neil, Budget 2015, First Time Buyers, Housing, housing market, ISA, Lifetime allowance, LTA, Osborne, pensions, Steve Webb, The Treasury
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You can’t buy a sausage with a brick
Abe Bacchus, the guy who taught me to sell life insurance in 1984, used this great phrase when a prospect objected to creating a “capital reservoir” for the future. Of course a geared investment into bricks and mortar over the … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, NEST, Retirement
Tagged Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Economics, Equity release, housing market, Investing, Life annuity, LV (company), moneysavingexpert, NEST, pension, Retirement, Society, Stock market
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A broken housing market?
I have to admit to being baffled this morning by reports that house prices are set to increase by 25% (relative to what?), that rents will soar and that social (council) housing will become scarcer. Apparently we are building less houses … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, RBS, Retirement
Tagged Bank of China, Business, Capital accumulation, corporate governance, dc pensions, housing market, Market distortion, National Housing Federation, Owner-occupier, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pensions, RBS, Real estate, Real estate economics, Real estate pricing, Renting, Retirement, Robbie Fowler
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You can’t buy a sausage with a brick
Time to start saving for your future lads – you can’t buy a sausage with a brick – never could. You certainly can’t fund your retirement from negative equity.