Exchange rates are pivotal to the cost of foreign property, which means sending money abroad should be carefully planned, especially in volatile periods. Here, Charles Purdy, CEO of currency specialist Smart Currency Exchange, looks at recent currency movement. Article written by Smart Currency Exchange Are you wondering why sterling has lost nearly three cents against [...]
If you’re in the market for a ski home, 2014 could be the ideal time to snap up a slope-side property in the Alps. Why? Mortgage and exchange rates currently favour Brits, and a number of French resorts have new developments and facilities. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Rewind to October 2013 and [...]
One savvy estate agent in Spain sent clients a video tour of a property to their mobile phone after they’d returned to the UK. Guess what? The property was just what the couple wanted and they decided to buy it there and then… Back in the UK after a trip to the Costa Blanca, Liverpool [...]
Development Microsites Microsites for marketing overseas developments was successfully launched on to the website in August with the idea that prospective buyers can “virtually” walk around your development online and get a good feel for the lifestyle and local area as well as the properties themselves. In 2011 Rightmove created a product to help sellers [...]
What would your happy look like? Perhaps it means being able to walk to work? Or swapping the taste of the city for the smell of sea air? The point is that there is a happy out there for everyone and Rightmove’s new marketing campaign invites UK residents to find theirs either at home or [...]
House-hunting in France is exciting, but making your new home just how you want it is just as much fun. Here Alexis Goldberg, author of FranceBuyingGuide.com and resident of the Languedoc, draws on personal experience to offer some pointers on furnishing a French property Article written by The Overseas Guides CompanyFurnishing and decorating your French [...]
Thoughts of holidays at their new French home is enough to put a smile on the faces of the Andrews family, who saved money by using Smart Currency Exchange when they purchased across the Channel. Article written by Smart Currency Exchange When Mark and Judy Andrews from West Sussex found their ideal French property, a [...]
Dazzling opportunities to snap up discounted homes in Portugal, Italy, Spain and Florida are coming to the UK, with the launch of the next run of Overseas Property Shows, the first of which will be taking place 5-8th September, at The National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull. Article written by Ideal Homes Portugal Visitors to the free-to-enter [...]
When you purchase a home in Italy, there are a number of taxes that must be paid on top of the house price. This includes the mortgage tax, which is due to cover the registration of a transfer of ownership on the title deeds, the cadastral tax, covering the update to the Building of Land [...]
As you search for your dream property in Italy, there are a number of other steps that will need to be taken to help you on your way to living in your dream home. Making an offerWhen you make an offer for your dream home, you need to make sure that you include the amount [...]