The primary concerns of people seeking financial planning advice are still pensions planning, which generate 32% of enquiries, followed by savings and investments (25%). However, there has been a surge in the first half of the year in demand for mortgage advice, as the house market slowly recovers from the virtual Siberian winter of the past three years, when low house values deterred sellers, and sluggish bank lending stifled homebuying.
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