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UK pensions

How Will Your UK Pension Be Taxed If You Move To Europe?

  Many Britons have been putting their retirement plans to sunny southern Europe on hold for two or more years while the UK extracts itself from the EU.  Covid lockdowns mean the opportunities to sell a UK home and buy a property in Europe have been limited.  The ending of travel restrictions will release pent-up…

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Boost Your Retirement Funds

Painless Ways to Boost Your Retirement Funds

  Saving for retirement doesn’t need to be a chore. Tweaking certain spending habits and paying off debt are two steps you can take to make it easier to boost your retirement funds. Using technology that allows you to automate your savings deposits is another. None of these will cost you more than a few…

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Best Location To Retire Abroad

Where Is The Best Location To Retire Abroad?

  Most people look forward to the day they can kick up their feet and enjoy all the years of hard work behind them. Retirement. There are many decisions to make about it, but one of the biggest: is where to settle down? Here, we’re sharing the best places across the world to retire.  …

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Retire abroad

Tips For Those That Want To Retire Abroad

  Retiring might sound like an amazing idea as you go to work every day. Yet, once the reality kicks in, you may wonder how to keep busy during retirement. One answer to enhancing this golden period of your life could be to move abroad and live a life in the sun. How easy it…

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Prepared For Retirement

Spain Is Where Citizens Are Most Prepared For Retirement

  A new study by Audley Villages reveals the city in which people are most prepared for retirement. By looking into a variety of metrics, including retirement age, government pension initiatives and health grade of the 37 OECD countries and capital cities, the luxury retirement village developer reveals how retirement planning varies around the world.    …

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Inheriting Spanish Property

Guide To Inheriting Spanish Property

    Inheriting Spanish property follows very different rules and procedures to those people may be familiar with in the UK.  Here Alex Radford of My Lawyer in Spain guides you through the process.       Written by Alex Radford of My Lawyer In Spain   Step 1: find out whether there is a…

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Outdoor Lovers

8 Best Places In America To Live And Retire For Outdoor Lovers

When you’ve lived in the city almost your entire life, there’s a high percentage that you would crave for someplace to retire. Probably someplace that has many trees and birds. There should be no judgment involved when you want to escape the concrete jungle and be one with nature. Outdoor lovers, most significantly, have a…

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veterans moving abroad

7 Things Veterans Need To Know Before Moving Abroad

  It can already be challenging enough to transition back to civilian life from active duty, but the prospect gets even more daunting for veterans moving abroad with family after retiring from service.  Here we look at the benefits and the things you need to consider.       You need to consider a lot…

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Britons in the EU

Four Things Brexit Has Changed For Britons In The EU

  After four and a half years of uncertainty, negotiations and false starts since the 2016 Brexit referendum, the UK has now fully left the EU. A trade deal agreed at the eleventh hour offered very little time for people and businesses to digest how things will work for Britons in the EU from 2021. …

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retiring in Florida

Expat Guide to Retiring in Florida

If you are a retiree or plan on retiring soon, you must have thought about moving to another country and spending your days surrounded by fantastic nature and beautiful landscapes. You may have considered Florida as a possible destination where you can live your best life and live surrounded by palm trees, eternal sunshine, beaches,…

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