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Rate of Sale: UK property takes almost two weeks longer to sell than last year

Rate of Sale: UK property takes almost two weeks longer to sell than last year

Nationwide, the average time it takes to sell a home has increased by nearly two weeks in the last year, to 114 days Homes in Oxford, one of the least affordable cities in the UK, take the longest to sell, staying on the market for an average of nearly five months (152 days) Aberdeen is the second slowest-selling city (151 days), despite Scotland’s quick legal process which helped Edinburgh and

The increasing cost of summer: Kids entertainment costs up 25% over the last five years

The increasing cost of summer: Kids entertainment costs up 25% over the last five years

Parents set to spend £624 entertaining their children this summer – a total of £9.1 billion across the UK Parents who have put away money in advance of the holidays underestimate the cost of summer by £373 Two out of three (65%) parents worry about covering the costs of summer One in five parents (21%) will dip into their existing savings and one in 10 (10%) will take out a loan to fund summ

Redefining Retirement: Over half of over 65s do not believe the traditional concept of retirement still exists

Redefining Retirement: Over half of over 65s do not believe the traditional concept of retirement still exists

The number of over 65s in work has doubled since records began – as half (46%) now believe modern retirement is about redefining how work fits into your life Only a third of over 65s now survive on the state pension alone (31%) – with one in ten (11%) seeing remortgaging, loans and equity release as sensible options to borrow money One in five workers of pensionable age (18%) have already retir

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