If one wants to buy a house in the next 1-2 years, is there a point in investing in pension (above the employer match)? The tax savings by doing so are quite attractive though one would not have liquid cash till retirement.

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+1 on this question. It sounds impossible to withdraw from pensions to buy a house right? So one should most likely be investing through a different véhicule until one buys the house?

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If you are looking to buy a house in 1-2 years, even investing in stocks is not recommended. You need quick access to your cash so better to keep them in a bank savings account.

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This is so wrong - grow your money if you can whilst you save. Stock market is more than liquid enough to get your money out on the 1-2 month timescale between offer and exchange

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I’ve been considering this. Reduce my pension to save for deposit, then increase again once I had steady mortgage repayments to make

So torn right now too. The match is really good though, but I can’t touch it for 30 years and who knows what’s going to happen between now and then 🤷‍♂️

Contributing for the employer match, you should absolutely do (thankfully QB’s contribution is non-contributory).

This is about contributing more than the match.

There was a news article not so long back in the FT I think about the goverment letting one tap into pension pots to pay a mortgage deposit. At the face of it, that'll be a substantial stimulus for the UK property market (if it needs one) and will make our lives much much easier haha

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