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Inside this picturesque three-bed cottage complete with stone flooring

This stunning three-bed cottage located just five miles from Ely railway station is on the market for offers in the region of £365,000.

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A stunning three-bed property – complete with original wood beams, stone flooring and an inglenook fireplace – has gone on the market near Ely.
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Using property investment to boost retirement finances

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Could equity release help you to ‘rightsize’ your home?

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Peter Sharkey believes that more people will want to travel the world once the pandemic has subsided

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Finances: Think twice before raiding your pension

Peter Sharkey

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Prepay smart meters can be topped up in a number of ways, including online, via telephone or text me

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Top up at home with a smart prepay meter – and save money

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CPS this week shocked pensioners by calling pension triple lock an “engine of unfairness”, says Pete

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Cash-hungry Treasury may target pension ‘triple lock’

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Decca famously rejected the Beatles, telling them that guitar music was on the way out, says Peter S

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Investment forecasting doesn’t always go according to plan

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Tuesday marked the point at which entitlement to a UK state pension rose from 65 to 66, and finance

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Pension age rise: there’s more to come

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Investing: Why do we enjoy chasing potentially enormous returns?

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Three-bed house in the Fens transformed into secret mini skate park hits...

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Chancellor’s largesse must now be repaid

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Over 40s may soon have to pay £700 in tax to cover cost of care

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As commercial property remains under the cosh, there’s evidence of buoyancy in the residential secto

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Residential property: is now a good time to invest?

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Video technology: a lockdown feature to celebrate

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Covid-19 pandemic underlines our need to fulfil ambitions

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Saving levels threatened by Covid-19 pandemic

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