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posted by [personal profile] bugshaw at 01:18am on 30/11/2007
Gosh, mortgages, aren't they a trial. Do you go for a tracker or try to pick a good fixed rate? I'm also wondering what to do with my pension. The only one I have is with Anglia Ruskin, but I've ended up just putting 2.5 years of contributions in. I wonder if I might be better withdrawing my contributions and investing them elsewhere. And I need to update my Will and write to HMR&C about my income for the last tax year.

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posted by [identity profile] bovil.livejournal.com at 02:15am on 30/11/2007
You want for us to flag this entry as adult concepts?
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 02:17am on 30/11/2007
Do you think it might upset young people?
 
posted by [identity profile] bovil.livejournal.com at 02:19am on 30/11/2007
Well, it might put them to sleep when they're trying to stay up late reading porn on the internet while their parents aren't paying attention.
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 09:42am on 30/11/2007
Anything that gets young people reading has to be a good thing.
 
posted by [identity profile] voidampersand.livejournal.com at 05:47am on 30/11/2007
I may be an adult, but I am not content.
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 09:43am on 30/11/2007
You will be soon... </mysterious>
 
posted by [identity profile] ang-grrr.livejournal.com at 06:56am on 30/11/2007
I'm so tempted to send some stripped down pictures of the Mickey (the Morris Minor).
 
posted by [identity profile] marcushill.livejournal.com at 08:13am on 30/11/2007
My best advice on pensions is to work in the public sector and get on a final salary pension scheme. Public sector pay may be rubbish, but the benefits are great.

As for mortgages, you need to get a fixed rate one a couple of years ago. Without the benefit of time travel, however, it's a little more difficult to decide - rates aren't rising much any more and may just hold steady for a while or even drop in a year or two, in which case fixed rate is a big loser.
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posted by [identity profile] watervole.livejournal.com at 09:09am on 30/11/2007
If you have savings (which is something I know nothing about) then consider an offset mortgage. It gives you more flexibility and is very effective tax-wise as you don't pay tax on the savings interest (becasue you aren't getting any interest to pay tax on)
 
posted by [identity profile] major-clanger.livejournal.com at 09:55am on 30/11/2007
I think you may have missed [livejournal.com profile] bugshaw's subtle Ironic Post tags...
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 10:05am on 30/11/2007
Can you get Subtle Ironic Post-Its?
 
posted by [identity profile] aardvark179.livejournal.com at 11:16am on 30/11/2007
No, Subtle-Ironic is the font, or there's Subtle-Ironic Sans if you want to show there's no subtle irony at all.

Anyway, I want to flag posts as Adult Malcontent.
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 11:48am on 30/11/2007
Like this?

Hmm, the Internet seems to have trouble with displaying Subtle-Ironic.
 
posted by [identity profile] ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com at 11:46am on 30/11/2007
*snerk*

We got a five-year fixed rate just before the interest rates went up - we're happy :)
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 11:48am on 30/11/2007
Glad for you :-)
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posted by [personal profile] rmc28 at 05:00pm on 30/11/2007
I can recommend an excellent Independent Financial Advisor, if you would like. He charges a fee, but if the best choice for you results in some commission for him, he reduces his fee accordingly.

We are going back to him in the summer so we can shift mortgages the day we come out of the penalty-ridden period. He saved us 5k during the buy-out this year and was instrumental in beating up the bank at regular intervals so it did actually happen in less than geological time.
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 05:57pm on 30/11/2007
I've had a couple of dodgy IFAs, so I'd be pleased to have a recommendation. I don't need an IFA right now, though.

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