%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%One in 12 people planning to retire this year will still be paying off their mortgage.
Prudential, which carries out research each year to gauge the state of people's finances as they approach retirement, found that one in six (17%) people ending their working lives in 2014 will still be burdened with some form of debt, including mortgages, credit cards or personal loans.
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