Tag Archives: Robbie Fowler

“My property portfolio is no longer a good pension”

What an easy way “buy to let” seemed.  It got you rich and a retirement income in due course. “We all lived in a Robbie Fowler House”  at some time and for many of us ,  it was time for … Continue reading

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Buying pensions with certainty need not cost the house

it’s time that the Government progressed its role as a partner in private provision, further than the tentative steps it has taken this parliamentary term. Continue reading

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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

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