Property - continued boom or bust?

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As mortgage lending still increases month-on-month to record levels and property prices continue to defy gravity, do we see any let up or reasons for concern, or are some cracks beginning to appear?

At the very least, the British public at large remains totally obsessed with their property values and unstinting faith in putting their hard earned cash into bricks and mortar investment. More and more consumers saving for retirement view their house, or more commonly houses with the rapid growth in ‘buy-to-let’, as their retirement nest egg. This is further fuelled by the rising profile of equity release (maybe the subject of a future blog) as it is a subject that polarises advisers into mild acceptance or abject hostility against it. As with equity investment, we need to look at the e...

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