James Davis of UPad on Retirement ‘buy to let’

Read what James Davis, CEO of UPad has to say about the buy to let market when facing retirement in the United Kingdom.

Thinking about Retiring in the UK?  Think again!

The big, blank eye of bureaucracy stares back at me every time I think about that ‘golden’ retirement. How on earth am I going to achieve a secure retirement on a British pension? Even with a private one, I’m thousands down on what I should have tucked away already.
I need to find a retirement income that equates to two thirds of my current earnings and at present, I earn quite a bit. But that’s not all. I want to retire early so I can enjoy those ‘golden years’ so I’ve been looking around and this is what I’ve discovered.

Renting in Retirement – Girlings practical and affordable housing solution

With an average retirement of 25 years, the demise of financial salary pension schemes and the recent financial crisis, retired people will be challenged to finance a secure retirement. Although the government has pledged to change the retirement age limit to 66 in 2020 and 68 in 2045, this will do little to alleviate the financial difficulties…