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The upside of downsizing

ould downsizing be a good way for more older people to free up cash locked up in valuable property – and increase the stock of larger homes for families? Australia’s government has just announced changes to the law to give pensioners financial incentives to downsize. In the UK, however, many older people are reluctant to move

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