Nearly a quarter of all home sales in the USA in the second quarter of this year involved a property in some stage of foreclosure, according to research from a leading real estate firm. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company RealtyTrac, which monitors properties in foreclosure, said 23 per cent of homes sold in [...]
Former England skipper Andrew Strauss is looking forward to catching beach balls rather than cricket balls now that he has resigned from professional cricket and his second home in the Caribbean is nearing completion. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Strauss, who announced his resignation at the end of August, bought a two-bedroom off-plan [...]
Banks are barely out of the headlines across Europe at the moment, thanks to the lingering debt crisis in the Eurozone, but what is it like to be a customer with a bank in a Euro country, such as Portugal? Article written by The Overseas Guides Company If you’re on the verge of buying [...]
The American way of doing things is rarely the same as the UK’s and the way property is bought and sold is no exception. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company There are some fundamental differences between the role of the person who sells you a property in the USA, known as a "realtor", to [...]
This week expat Alexis Goldberg, who lives in the south of France and writes the FranceBuyingGuide.com, answers the following reader question about furnishing a home in France: Article written by The Overseas Guides Company "We have moved into our house in the Dordogne but are struggling to find a reasonably priced modern furniture store with [...]
Despite having a reputation as the wettest city in the USA, the Seattle suburb of Hunts Point has been ranked number one choice in the 2012 Bloomberg Rankings List of preferred retirement spots. According to leading economist, Stan Humphries, the biggest draw is the availability of waterfront properties. Although only boasting a tiny population of [...]
When you’re pinching the pennies, it’s important to be able to budget for every expense. Unfortunately for Spanish residents, uncertainty on fuel prices has made budgeting for fuel a tricky process. Since the beginning of July, prices at the pump have shot through the roof in order to reap the benefits of the holiday period. [...]
Pensions can be a confusing business when you live and work in the UK, so when you move or retire abroad what to do with them becomes even more daunting! For expats who have amassed a collection of “frozen” company pensions, after a mobile career in the UK and/or abroad, financial planning gets even more [...]
Canada’s Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) could be facing regulatory changes if proposals from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) are implemented. The points based system has always aimed to introduce skilled immigrants into the Canadian job market but the CIC’s proposals aim to whittle down the applicants to just those who have the skills [...]
Boom-time or economic crisis, one corner of France that will always be attractive to British buyers is Brittany, thanks to its picturesque coastline and countryside, affordable character homes and easy access from the UK. Prices of pretty stone houses around Brittany’s northern coast, the Cotes d’Armor, are especially attractive at the moment, with two/three-bedroom [...]