Would you agree to buy a property in the UK if you knew the price could change by a few thousand pounds even after you had agreed a purchase price? Obviously not. Unfortunately, thousands of British people still do this when buying overseas property despite there being an easy way to avoid it. When you [...]
For Brits Jane and Roger Cripps, finding their idyllic Greek island getaway turned out to be even more satisfying than they were expecting, thanks to the couple finding a way to save several thousand pounds in the buying process. When the Cripps bought their second home on the unspoilt island of Meganissi, located in the [...]
Tuscany is known as the ‘Garden of Italy’, embracing the beauty of endless hills and framed by unique coastlines. For many centuries Tuscany was the best kept secret in the Mediterranean Sea, and still today we think it’s the best location to live and enjoy life every day of the year but what really makes [...]
Easy rental income is what attracts many UK property-buyers to Florida, where Disney and the other numerous theme parks, constant sunshine and world-class amenities ensure a year-round stream of tourists in need of accommodation. Securing sufficient income from an American holiday home isn’t as simple as it might initially seem though, with many new investors [...]
Is your idea of the perfect second home one with easy access to a beach with good surf – where you can impress your neighbour on the shore as you shoot through breaking “barrels”? If so, the USA is where you should begin your house-hunting after seven American locations made the National Geographic’s top [...]
Given the roller coaster ride property markets across Europe have been on in recent years, do you ever wonder what you could buy in Spain for the same value as your UK home? For anyone planning a permanent move to the Costas, this will no doubt be a major consideration. Prices in parts of Spain [...]
Repayments for some British homeowners in Europe got cheaper recently, following the European Central Bank’s cutting of its key interest rate by 0.25 per cent to 0.75 per cent. While anyone with a tracker mortgage in Spain or France might be celebrating the rate cut, buyers and other existing owners should be aware of [...]
There are currently well over 10,000 Brits living long term in Bulgaria with most living around the inland region of Veliko Turnovo and coastal region of Balchik. The majority of Brits living there are retired or semi-retired and enjoy a very good lifestyle due in part to a very low cost of living in general [...]
As of Monday July 9th Canada amended mortgage rules affecting new residents and citizens. Concerned with the amount of debt Canadian households were facing, the Government put in place the new rules to slow down the growth in levels of debt, which in the final quarter of 2011 stood at a record high of 152 [...]
Since settling into his first term in the Elysée Palace, France new President François Hollande has wasted little time in following up on manifesto promises to make substantial changes to the tax regime in France. The recent amendments to the capital gains and income tax on rentals are just two more in a string of [...]