NewsWatch: Are you waiting for house prices to drop during the next recession? Why you could have a very a long wait

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I’m 40, will get a pension and have $60,000 saved for retirement. Should I borrow from it to pay off $17,500 in credit card debt?

He is hoping to be ‘stress free’ from debt See full story.

My son told me that I’ve amounted to nothing and he doesn’t want anything to do with me. Should I cut him out of my will?

‘He has nothing to do with me or my side of the family.’ See full story.

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‘My grandmother and mother both have lawyers, and they both say that they are going to get this pension. It’s been dragging on for nearly two years.’ See full story.